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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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.

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds...

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds...

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...

Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have...

Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have...

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,...

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...

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is...

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

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...

Are wars... anything but the means whereby a nation's problems are set, where creation is...

Are wars... anything but the means whereby a nation's problems are set, where creation is...

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...

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You...

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You...

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course...

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course...