The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

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"To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

Love

"Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

Awareness

"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

Compassion

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

Growth

"All animals are distrustful of man, and with reason, but when once assured he does not mean to injure them, their confidence becomes so great that he must be worse than a barbarian who abuses it."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

Respect

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo DaVinci

Inspiration

"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."

- Socrates

Inspiration

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air."

- Wilbur Wright

Inspiration

"Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see."

- Charles A. Lindbergh

Inspiration

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Inspiration