ELLY (SunniD) (MistyLeaf)
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:28:27 -0700
Classic Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) French writer-adventurer A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten".
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A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly
accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify
by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since
they open up for man his inner distance.
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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is
provided for them.
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to
add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea
of a cathedral in mind.
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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it,
bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that
one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
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Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the
chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.
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Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not
something discovered: it is something molded.
ELLY,MistyLeaf,Elisi Eli& SunniD
May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.
Chief Dan george
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