“you only know yourself when you go beyond your limits”
Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes
Source: Eleven Minutes
“If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.”
— Robert Greene, book The 48 Laws of Power
Source: The 48 Laws of Power
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