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

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) was a French aviator and writer whose fable 'The Little Prince' has become the most translated non-religious book in history. His aviation memoirs - 'Night Flight,' 'Wind, Sand and Stars' - transformed the experience of early flight into philosophical meditation on courage, responsibility, and human connection.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Other Quotes

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

One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes.

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

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