Antoine De Saint-Exupéry Quotes

The truth for a man, it's what makes him a man.

Of course I love you. It is my fault that you have not known it all the while" (the flower to little prince)

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

If I am attempting to describe him, it is in order not to forget him. It is sad to forget a friend. Not every one has had a friend.

Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

The grandeur of a profession is...above all, uniting men: there is only one true luxury, that of human relationships.

Where are the men?” the little prince at last took up the conversationagain. “It is a little lonely in the desert. . . ”“It is also lonely among men, ” the snake said.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

Go and have another look at the roses. And you will understand that yours is indeed unique in all the world.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...

Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy ready-made things in the shops. But since there are no shops where you can buy friends, men no longer have any friends.

What makes the desert beautiful, ' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...

Mais, dans la mort d’un homme, un monde inconnu meurt, et je me demandais quelles étaient les images qui sombraient en lui.

If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.

Vivi muito tempo no mundo das pessoas grandes. Vi-as de bem perto.Não fiquei com muito melhor opinião delas.

Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them

I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings.

And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

I wonder, ” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...

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

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.

I am beginning to understand, " said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me...

there is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations

Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too, ” said the snake.

Men? One never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult.

I may be a little like the grown-ups. I must have grown old.

When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.

I did not know what to say to him. I felt awkward and blundering. I did not know how I could reach him, where I could overtake him and go on hand in hand with him once more.

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

In silence alone does a man's truth bind itself together and strike root.

When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care.

What I see here is nothing but a shell. What is most important is invisible...

No one is ever satisfied where he is....Only the children know what they’re looking for....

But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.

One must command from each what each can preform.

Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.