If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.

"What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them...Happiness doesn't lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes.

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed.

Ako hoćeš da izgradiš brod, nemoj da okupljaš ljude da ti nabave drvo, pripreme alat ili da obavljaju raznorazne poslove i zadatke, već probudi u njima čežnju za nepreglednim dalekim morima.