Antoine de Saint Exupéry Quotes

Être homme, c’est précisément être responsable. C’est connaître la honte en face d’une misère qui ne semblait pas dépendre de soi. C’est être fier d’une victoire que les camarades ont remportée. C’est sentir, en posant sa pierre, que l’on contribue à bâtir le monde. - View Quote Details on Être homme, c’est précisément être responsable. C’est connaître la honte…
The Little Prince - View Quote Details on The Little Prince
If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen. - View Quote Details on If it is true that wars are won by believers,…
<span id=”perfection”/>Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n’y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n’y a plus rien à retrancher. - View Quote Details on <span id=”perfection”/>Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand…
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 to yearn for the vast and endless sea. - View Quote Details on If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up…
There is no hope of joy except in human relations. - View Quote Details on There is no hope of joy except in human relations.
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. - View Quote Details on A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the…
True love is inexhaustible: the more you give, the more you have. - View Quote Details on True love is inexhaustible: the more you give, the more…
You do not inherit the earth from your ancestors: you borrow it from your children. - View Quote Details on You do not inherit the earth from your ancestors: you…
Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. - View Quote Details on Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit…
It is another of the miraculous things about mankind that there is no pain nor passion that does not radiate to the ends of the earth. Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world. - View Quote Details on It is another of the miraculous things about mankind that…
Nobody grasped you by the shoulder while there was still time. Now the clay of which you were shaped has dried and hardened, and naught in you will ever awaken the sleeping musician, the poet, the astronomer that possibly inhabited you in the beginning. - View Quote Details on Nobody grasped you by the shoulder while there was still…
Aimer, ce n’est pas se regarder l’un l’autre, c’est regarder ensemble dans la même direction. - View Quote Details on Aimer, ce n’est pas se regarder l’un l’autre, c’est regarder…
Ce qui embellit le désert, dit le petit prince, c’est qu’il cache un puits quelque part… - View Quote Details on Ce qui embellit le désert, dit le petit prince, c’est…
Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures — in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together. - View Quote Details on Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport…