When one is building a ship, one does not begin with gathering timber and cutting planks, but rather by arousing in people the yearning for the great wide sea.

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.

If you tame me, it would be as if the sun came to shine on my life.

The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.

Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.

You become responsible for a long time for what you've tamed.

If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine.