I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.
—Maxine Hong Kingston, 1976
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How gloriously legible are the constellations of the heavens!
—Anthony Trollope, 1859Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there.
—Susanne K. Langer, 1942Appearances are a glimpse of the obscure.
—Anaxagoras, c. 450 BCWhen they shout “Long live progress,” always ask, “Progress of what?”
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
—James Joyce, 1922There are truths that prove their discoverers witless.
—Karl Kraus, 1909One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1911The atavistic urge toward danger persists and its satisfaction is called adventure.
—John Steinbeck, 1941One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
—André Gide, 1926