Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

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"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"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."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"It is such a secret place, the land of tears."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"Perfection has been achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"There is no hope of joy except in human relations."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"When you give yourself, you receive more than you give."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"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-ExupÈry

"A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry

"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."

Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry