Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.

Quote by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but...

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but...

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,...

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,...

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things...

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things...

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live...

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is...

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is...

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the...

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the...

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century...

Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century...

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and...

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.