“Authority is first and foremost based on reason.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Authority Copy Share Image
Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Belonging Copy Share Image
Experience will guide us to the rules. You cannot make rules precede practical experience. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Experience Copy Share Image
“But the vain man did not hear him. Vain men never hear anything but praise.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Vain Copy Share Image
“I have to put up with a few caterpillars if I want to get to know the butterflies.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“Si vienes, por ejemplo, a las cuatro de la tarde, comenzaré a ser feliz desde las tres.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
If Someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Existence Copy Share Image
Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Life Copy Share Image
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Beautiful Copy Share Image
To become a man is to be responsible; to be ashamed of miseries that you did not cause. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Ashamed Copy Share Image
If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Command Copy Share Image
“If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Forget Copy Share Image
“Here's my secret. It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Essential Invisible Copy Share Image
We understand … that what constitutes the dignity of a craft is that it creates a fellowship, that it binds men together… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Common Copy Share Image
“At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Arizona Copy Share Image
“People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Truth Copy Share Image
It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. [Fr., Il est tres simple:… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Essentials Copy Share Image
“Oh! That is funny.' And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter which annoyed me no end. I like… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Funny Copy Share Image
“No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine Copy Share Image
“And if not the butterflies– and the caterpillars– who will call upon me? You will be far away. . . as for… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Thorns Copy Share Image
If some one loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that's enough… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Enough Copy Share Image
“nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, we do not know where, a sheep that we never saw has… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Universe Know Copy Share Image
All men have the stars," he answered, "but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travellers,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Why are you drinking? - the little prince asked. - In order to forget - replied the drunkard. - To forget what?… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Feeling sorry Copy Share Image
“The course of a man's destiny can seem sharply altered by a sudden illumination. But illumination is no more than the Spirit's… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Destiny Copy Share Image
I showed the grown ups my maasterpiece, andI asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered why be scared of a… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Drawing Copy Share Image
“The machine which at first blush seems a means of isolating man from the great problems of nature, actually plunges him more… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Computers Copy Share Image
“And now of a sudden my illusion vanished. What was my body to me? A kind of flunkey in my service. Let… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Burning house Copy Share Image
“Nothing, in truth, can ever replace a lost companion. Old comrades cannot be manufactured. There is nothing that can equal the treasure… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Bad time Copy Share Image
“Why are you drinking? - the little prince asked. - In order to forget - replied the drunkard. - To forget what?… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Faith Copy Share Image
We are all youthful barbarians, and only our new toys bring us excitement. That has been the sole purpose of our flights.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Aviation Copy Share Image
There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Alive Copy Share Image
“In my mind's eye I can still see the first night flight I made in Argentina. It was pitch-dark. Yet in the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Andromeda Copy Share Image
“To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me. But in… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Flowers Copy Share Image