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

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Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have...

Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have...

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them.

Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them.

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...

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...

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

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

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is...

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if...

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if...

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

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

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than...

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than...

They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he...

They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he...

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.

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men...

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men...

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.

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.

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always...

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always...

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.

Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.

Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...