# Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Prophecy

> If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


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.

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