If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Quote by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards...

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards...

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live...

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live...

The one thing that matters is the effort.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but...

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but...

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent,...

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent,...

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is...

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is...

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

Mad is the man who is forever gritting his teeth against that granite block, complete...

Mad is the man who is forever gritting his teeth against that granite block, complete...

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always...

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always...

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is...

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is...

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,...

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...