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

No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten";

It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal

Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.