A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.

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

People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of rivers, at the vast compass of the oceans, at the circular motion of the stars, and they pass themselves without even wondering.

You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.

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