Antoine De Saint-Exupery
14 quotations
The one thing that matters is the effort.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.
Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?
Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.