- A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
- He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
- I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
- If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
- It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.
- It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.
- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
- True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

