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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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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,...

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,...

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis...

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis...

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...

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...

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...

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

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...