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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the...

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

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...

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say...

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say...

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy-for friendship's sake.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy-for friendship's sake.

True love is between my lips and yours, I hope you see things in your...

True love is between my lips and yours, I hope you see things in your...