If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
When we think that the machine will harm man, then it is perhaps because we are not yet capable of judging the rapid changes it has brought about. We hardly feel at home in this landscape of mines and power… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“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… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery 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 away” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“But for fear of disheartening them, we also spoke to them of disappointments and the bitter taste that rest has after a useless action.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
Once we are bound together to our brothers by a common good that is outside us, then we can breathe. Experience teaches us that… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“You are beautiful but you are empty. One could not die for you” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Flying is a man's job and its worries are a man's worries. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
