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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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...

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

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

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...

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

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 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...

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...

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says I was beaten, he does...

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says I was beaten, he does...

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,...

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live...

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live...

When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a...

When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a...

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

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...

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am...

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The one thing that matters is the effort.

The one thing that matters is the effort.