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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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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful...

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful...

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You...

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You...

Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century...

Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century...

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...

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things

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...

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

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...

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

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

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...

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 to collect wood and...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and...

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

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...

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...