Even the highest towers begin from the ground

Chinese saying

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go

T.S.Eliot

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult

Seneca

There is more to life than increasing its speed

Mahatma Gandhi

Imagination is more important than knowledge

Albert Einstein

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.

Henry David Thoreau

L’homme est apprivoisable par images.

Bertrand de Jouvenel

Did you ever observe to whom the acidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.

Louis Pasteur

Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish

Ovid

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything

Eugène Delacroix

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.

Les Brown

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown

Claude Bernard

Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life

Linus Pauling

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment

Jalal Ud-Din Rumi

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

André Gide

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it

George Bernard Shaw