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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The one thing that matters is the effort.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

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...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

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 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.

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

There is no hope of joy except in human relations

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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