How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.

Quote by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Topics: Questioning Quotes

Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards...

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards...

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose.

You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose.

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him...

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him...

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 together to collect wood...

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

The one thing that matters is the effort.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates...

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates...

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...

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining...

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining...

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds...

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds...

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...

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward in the...

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward in the...

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Are wars... anything but the means whereby a nation's problems are set, where creation is...

Are wars... anything but the means whereby a nation's problems are set, where creation is...

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

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

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course...

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course...

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...