“you only know yourself when you go beyond your limits”
Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes
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“To know a thing well, know it's limits; Only when pushed beyond it's tolerance will it's true nature be seen.
-The Amtal Rule”
— Frank Herbert, book Children of Dune
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