Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering? ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The one thing that matters is the effort. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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