Some of the wonderful words of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry from The Little Prince.
1. All grown-ups were children first. (But few remember it).
2. If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and the general does not obey, it would not be the general's fault. It would be mine.
3. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. You are only truly wise if you succeed in judging yourself.
4. Language is the source of misunderstandings.
5. One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eye.
6. We must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if we wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
7. No one is ever satisfied where he is.
8. The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.
9. Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.
10. If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood or assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
11. The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.
12. "How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on."
*Ephemeral: that which is in danger of speedy disappearance
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