A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity, whether he travels or not; but one of superior talent . . . will go to seed if he always remains in the same place.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician, 1756-1791

Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

— Henry David Thoreau, U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862

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

— Andre Gide, French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951
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