“I needed to believe that those on whom I depended for my orientations were more fixed and enduring that myself. So as… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“What does that mean– ‘tame’?” “It is an act too often neglected,” said the fox. It means to establish ties.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“Thus is the earth at once a desert and a paradise, rich in secret hidden gardens, gardens inaccessible, but to which the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Desert Copy Share Image
“You shall have your sunset. I shall command it. But I shall wait, according to my science of government, until conditions are… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Light Copy Share Image
The flower you single out is a rejection of all other flowers; nevertheless, only on these terms is it beautiful. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Beautiful Copy Share Image
Look at the sky. Ask yourselves: Has the sheep eaten the flower, yes or no? And you will see how everything changes... — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
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… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Arrogant Copy Share Image
We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Creation Copy Share Image
“So, my friend, I need you as I need a high place where I can breathe freely. I need to sit beside… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Friendship Copy Share Image
Vain is the hope of finding pleasure in that which one has hitherto disdained; as when the warrior hopes to find pleasure… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Brother Copy Share Image
Peace dies when the framework is ripped apart. When there is no longer a place that is yours in the world. When… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Alienation Copy Share Image
If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Boundless Copy Share Image
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.' — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“Order for order's sake castrates man of his essential power, which is to transform both the world and himself. Life creates order,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Order Copy Share Image
The arms of love encompass you with your present, your past, your future, the arms of love gather you together. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“Yes, yes, of course I love you. You had no idea -- which is my fault. It is of no consequence. But… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Consequence Copy Share Image
“I need to put up with two or three caterpillars if I want to get to know the butterflies. Apparently they're very… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Butterflies Copy Share Image
“The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Goals Copy Share Image
You know...my flower...I'm responsible for her. And she's so weak! And so naive. She has four ridiculous thorns to defend her against… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Flower Copy Share Image
“And I felt him to be more fragile still. I felt the need of protecting him, as if he himself were a… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Fragile Copy Share Image
Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but - you… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Aviation Copy Share Image
A man has many parts, he is virtually everything, and you are free to select in him that part which pleases you. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Greatness Copy Share Image
“But I, alas, do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes. Perhaps I am a little like the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Bears Copy Share Image
Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“A nagyok semmit sem értenek meg maguktól, a gyerekek pedig belefáradnak, hogy örökös-örökké magyarázgassanak nekik.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important." "Men have forgotten this truth," said… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Flowers Copy Share Image
“The presence of a friend who is far away can sometimes feel denser than his physical presence in a room.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Friendship Copy Share Image
“That will be so amusing! You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Amusing Copy Share Image
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
It is the missed opportunity that counts, and in a love that vainly yearns from behind prison bars you have perchance the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“You’ll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think to yourself, ‘What they could do, I… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Inspiration Copy Share Image
“A sheet spread beneath an apple-tree can receive only apples; a sheet spread beneath the stars can receive only star-dust.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Apples Copy Share Image
“You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Innocence Copy Share Image
“You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Snow Copy Share Image
