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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes: A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
         

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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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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I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.





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