a last glimmer of intelligence (p. 79) - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

‏لا نبصر جيدا إلا بالقلب، والشيء المهم لا تراه الأعين.

It's a question of discipline,' the little prince told me later on. 'when you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet. you must be sure you pull up the baobabs regularly, as soon as you can tell them apart from the rosebushes, which they closely resemble when they're very young. It's very tedious work, but very easy.

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.