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But I, alas, do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes. Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups. I have had to grow old. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I saw the sunset forty-four times! — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

He looked at me very gravely, and put his arms around my neck. I felt his heart beating like the heart of a dying bird, shot with someone's rifle ... — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well ... — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

And were you very, very sad on the day you watched fourty-four sunsets? — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the multitude's desire. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Men? One never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Experiences teaches us that to love is not to gaze at one another but to gaze together in the same direction. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

How do we tell the difference between an image and an act of will? — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea, they would rise up in revolution. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

You only see clearly with your heart. The most important things are invisible to the eyes. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I will make you a present of a secret. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

True pleasure is the pleasure of sharing. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

One must observe the proper rites. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

You do not explain the tree by telling of the water it has drunk, the minerals it has absorbed, and the sunlight that strengthened it. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It is the missed opportunity that counts, and in a love that vainly yearns from behind prison bars you have perchance the love supreme. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Watch out for the Baobabs! — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It's worth it, it's worth the final smash-up. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It's all a great mystery ... Look up at the sky and you'll see how everything changes — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

No one hated these ghost of mine, no one envied them, no one pestered them. Nor did anyone love them with the only love that matters. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

True, it is evil that a single man should crush the herd, but see not there the worse form of slavery, which is when the herd crushes out the man. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The house, the stars, the desert
what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible! — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

For there is but one problem - the problem of human relations. We forget that there is no hope or joy except in human relations. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

There is nothing that can equal the treasure of so many shared memories. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

And that heart which was a wild garden was given to him who only loved trim lawns. And the imbecile carried the princess into slavery. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It is your own fault, said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you . . . — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

4 I had thus learned a second fact of great importance: this was that the planet the little prince came from was scarcely any larger than a house! But — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The soldier's body becomes a stock of accessories that are not his property. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I have always learned to distinguish the important from the urgent. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The important thing is to strive toward a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It is a matter of life and death for us; for the lead we gain by day on ships and railways is lost each night. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The essential is invisible to eyes — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

To be a man is to feel that one's own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

For a long time your only entertainment was the pleasure of sunsets. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The one thing that matters is the effort. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

All the stars are a riot of flowers. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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

What sets men at variance is but the treachery of language, for always they desire the same things. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Yes, yes, of course I love you,' the flower said to him at last. 'You have no idea - which is my fault. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It is of some use to my volcanoes, and it is of some use to my flower, that I own them. But you are of no use to the stars ... — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Said he little prince "But why do you always speak in riddles?"
"I solve them all" said the snake — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

One feels rather lonely in the dessert.'
'It is just as lonely among men. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

For it is possible for a man to be faithful and lazy at the same time. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The flower you single out is a rejection of all other flowers; nevertheless, only on these terms is it beautiful. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond
myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

How is it possible for one to own the stars?"
"To whom do they belong?" the businessman retorted, peevishly.
"I don't know. To nobody. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

To love does not mean to look at each other, but to work together in the same direction. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The only things you learn are the things you tame — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

And I knew that I could not bear the thought of never hearing that laughter any more. For me, it was like a spring of fresh water in the desert. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The grandeur of a profession is ... above all, uniting men: there is only one true luxury, that of human relationships. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I have the right to demand obedience because my orders are reasonable ones. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little
bells that knew how to laugh ... — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

One sees clearly only with the heart, anything that is essential is invisible to the eye.- The Little Prince — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

When you tame someone they become unique to you in all the world — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It's so mysterious, the land of tears. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I admire you", said the little prince, with a little shrug of his shoulders, "but what is there about my admiration that interests you so much? — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

We live not by things, but by the meaning of things. It is needful to transmit the passwords from generation to generation. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Perhaps creativity is fumbling that dance step, or driving the chisel the wrong way into the stone. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The Earth is not just an ordinary planet! One can count, there 111 kings ... — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

To love is not to look at one another, it is to look, together, in the same direction. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Mad is the man who is forever gritting his teeth against that granite block, complete and changeless, of the past. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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-Exupery

I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower ... I think that she has tamed me ... — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Experience will guide us to the rules. You cannot make rules precede practical experience. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery