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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. – G.K. Chesterton, “The Logic of Elfland,” Orthodoxy, 1908

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“Know thyself” — a maxim as pernicious as it is odious. A person observing himself would arrest his own development. Any caterpillar who tried to “know himself” would never become a butterfly. – André Gide, Nouvelles Nourritures

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Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life. – James A. Michener

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It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. – H.W. Shaw

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You know why there are so many whitefish in the Yellowstone River? Because the Fish and Game people have never done anything to help them. – Russell Chatham, Silent Seasons, 1978

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