Antoine de Saint Exupéry quotes - page 4

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. (Antoine de Saint Exupéry)
To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the. View quote
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I am who I am and I have the need to be. View quote
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Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. View quote
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No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls. View quote
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If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers... View quote
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That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man. View quote
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In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should never have run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her silly pretensions. Flowers are so contadictory! But I was too young to know how to love her. View quote
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The house, the stars, the desert -- what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible! View quote
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A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out. View quote
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The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen. (Antoine de Saint Exupéry)
Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day. View quote
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She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her... View quote
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More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use. View quote
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Man's progress is but a gradual discovery that his questions have no meaning. View quote
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He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.. View quote
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There is no liberty except the liberty of some one making his way towards something. Such a man can be set free if you will teach him the meaning of thirst, and how to trace a path to a well. Only then will he embark upon a course of action that will not be without significance. You could not liberate a stone if there were no law of gravity for where will the stone go, once it is quarried. View quote
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It's useful because it's beautiful. View quote
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One day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times......You know...when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 Exupéry)
I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds. View quote
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He who would travel happy must travel lite. View quote
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I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious. View quote
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You're beautiful, but you're empty. No one could die for you. View quote
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