Immensity of the Sea - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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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.

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vmlm 12 years, 2 months ago
Umm, actually it might speed things up if, after you teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea, you also teach them carpintry, ship building, seafaring and all that other stuff.

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