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

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

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

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

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...

Mad is the man who is forever gritting his teeth against that granite block, complete...

Mad is the man who is forever gritting his teeth against that granite block, complete...

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...

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...

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is...

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is...

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

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

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...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

To love is not to look at one another, But to look together in the...

To love is not to look at one another, But to look together in the...

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...

One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from...

One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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