A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

Quote by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he...

They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he...

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

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

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...

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the...

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the...

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who...

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who...

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say...

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful...

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

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...

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood...

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...

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

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

To love is not to look at one another, But to look together in the...

To love is not to look at one another, But to look together in the...

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men...

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men...

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself.

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself.

You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and...

You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and...

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold peopleï¿½s hands, people...

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold peopleï¿½s hands, people...