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Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

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Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade

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Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.

One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself

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One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.

Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may

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Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs.

One is a member of a country, a profession, a civ

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One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man.

It's a question of discipline, the litt

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It's a question of discipline, the little prince told me later on. When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet.

One can be a brother only in something. Whe

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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.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then an

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

Life has taught us that love does not consist in

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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem,

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The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.

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Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.

Life has taught us that love does not consist in

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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger t

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No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.

The tender friendships one gives up, on parting,

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The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.

The friend within the man is that part of him whi

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The friend within the man is that part of him which belongs to you and opens to you a door which never, perhaps, is opened to another. Such a friend is true, and all he says is true; and he loves you even if he hates you in other mansions of his heart.

The important thing is to strive towards a goal w

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The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's lo

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

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a

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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

One is a member of a country, a profession, a civ

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One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man.

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