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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them.

Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them.

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...

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the...

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the...

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.

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates...

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates...

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...

The one thing that matters is the effort.

The one thing that matters is the effort.