“Getting lost along your path is a part of finding the path you are meant to be on.”
Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer
Source: The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
“Divided minds, getting lost on different paths, are losing the huge advantage that would result from their combined forces.”
Les esprits partagés, s'égarant dans des routes différentes, perdent l'immense avantage qui résulterait de leurs forces réunies.
[Jean-Baptiste Biot, Traité de physique expérimentale et mathématique, volume I, Deterville, 1816, http://books.google.com/books?id=J6QIAAAAIAAJ, ii]
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