We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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- The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.
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- I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.
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