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

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

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

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself

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,...

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...

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...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

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...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when...

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when...

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent,...

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent,...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is...

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is...

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

I can't fall in love with anyone, I make men believe what they want to...

I can't fall in love with anyone, I make men believe what they want to...