Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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• And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Heart
  • Simple