nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, we do not know where, a sheep that we never saw has — yes or no? — eaten a rose... Look up at … - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Look at the sky. Ask yourselves: Has the sheep eaten the flower, yes or no? And you will see how everything changes...

Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, 'Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?' And you'll see how everything changes...
And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important.

Look up at the sky. Ask yourselves: is it yes or no? Has the sheep eaten the flower? And you will see how everything changes...And no grown-up will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!

If he shrugs his shoulders, it is because he is no fool. He knows that once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

"الراشدون يحبون الأرقام. وحين تحدثهم عن صديق جديد، فهم لا يسألونك قطّ عن الأمور الجوهريّة. لا يقولون لك أبداً "كيف هي رنّة صوته؟ ما هي ألعابه المفضّلة؟ هل يجمع الفراشات؟" بل يسألونك: "كم عمره؟ كم عدد إخوته؟ ما وزنه؟ كم دخل أبيه؟ وعندها فقط يظنون أنهم عرفوه.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man