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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.

Men of few words are the best men