the endless immensity of the sea

I came across this quotation recently, and I wanted to post it in a place where I'd be reminded of it regularly. Hearts and minds, folks, hearts and minds . . .

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

Antoine de Saint-Exupery