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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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...

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...

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...

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is...

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...

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is...

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is...

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the...

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the...

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in...

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in...

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis...

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis...

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror...

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror...

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...