Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes
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How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.
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And at night I love to listen to the stars. It is like five hundred million little bells.
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If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it is!
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People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for... They don't find it," I answered. And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..." Of course," I answered. And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.
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Demagoguery enters at the moment when, for want of a common denominator, the principle of equality degenerates into the principle of identity.
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What does tamed mean? It's something that's been too often neglected. It means to create ties.
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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.
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My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored.
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It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may.
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Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.
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Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away.
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If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.
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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.
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If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.
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I am a fox", the fox said.
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A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out.
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A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories.
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We understand … that what constitutes the dignity of a craft is that it creates a fellowship, that it binds men together and fashions for them a common language.
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It is not a question of living dangerously. That formula is too arrogant, too presumptuous. I don't care much for bull-fighters. It's not the danger I love. I know what I love. It is life itself.
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To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.
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A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old man.
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A man has many parts, he is virtually everything, and you are free to select in him that part which pleases you.
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When I find a woman attractive, I have nothing at all to say. I simply watch her smile. Intellectuals take apart her face in order to explain it bit by bit, but they no longer see the smile.
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For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures.