"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

"A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance."

"Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded."

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?"

"If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it."

"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."

"Ultimately, it's possible that social media platforms will be designed as templates that the users themselves customize in terms of the best way to express their community and experience of life, and brands will have to simply follow suit."