Exupery Quotes

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them

Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

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

But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you.

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.

C'est tellement mystérieux, le pays des larmes.

One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" And a little later you added: "You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again.

To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown−ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures..

And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

He who must travel happily must travel light.

Lo esencial es invisible a los ojos.

No one is ever satisfied where he is....Only the children know what they’re looking for....

People have stars, but they aren't the same. For travelers, the stars are guides. For other people, they're nothing but tiny lights. And for still others, for scholars, they're problems... But all those stars are silent stars. You, though, you'll have stars like nobody else... since I'll be laughing on one of them, for you it'll be as if all the stars are laughing. You'll have stars that can laugh!... and it'll be as if I had given you, instead of stars, a lot of tiny bells that know how to laugh ...

We don’t ask to be eternal beings. We only ask that things do not lose all their meaning.

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living.

Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.

Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry...

For instance, if you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three. The closer it gets to four, the happier I'll feel. By four I'll be excited and worried; I'll discover what it costs to be happy! But if you come at any od time, I'll never know when I should prepare my heart... There must be rites.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

Todos los mayores han sido primero niños. (Pero pocos lo recuerdan)

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

Antoine St. Exupery once mourned the loss of a man and the secret treasures that he held inside him. I loved Exupery; I will read him again, and he will talk to me, not being dead, or gone. Is that life after death — mind living on paper and flesh living in offspring? Maybe. I do not know.

A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover.

I loved him, but I also realized how calm my life was without him.

No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world" - the little prince

Si quelqu'un veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'il en existe un. (If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that one exists.)

The two of us could form a new kind of union; we could be free together.

She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might snare him in a fragile net of music, love and flowers, but, at each departure, he would break forth without, it seemed to her, the least regret.

When you discover an island that belongs to nobody, it is yours.

Tout objectif sans plan n'est qu'un souhait. [A goal without a plan is just a wish.]

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

I have yet to meet a man who has seen my true stars.

I'm never sick when you are well.

What I see here is nothing but a shell. What is most important is invisible...

Quand tu regarderas le ciel, la nuit, puisque j'habiterai dans l'une d'elles, puisque je rirais dans l'une d'elles, alors ce sera pour toi comme si riaient tous les etoiles. Tu auras toi, les etoiles qui savent rire.

Il est bien plus difficile de se juger soi-même que de juger autrui . Si tu réussis à bien te juger, c'est que tu es un véritable sage.

I look sad because I don't have the courage to escape from you. And I think I don't want to understand the truth: for you, I am nothing but a dream. You like to play with life, you're not afraid of anything, not even of me. But I want you to know that I am not an object or a doll: I don't change faces on command, I like to sit down every day in the same place, on my own chair, and I know that you, you like to leave, to go to a new place every day.

What are you going to do?,' he asked me. Me? Nothing. Something has just been broken inside me; you yourself will never be able to repair it.

Quand on veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'on existe.

Your path lies across the stars.

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.

I love you because you're a child and you're scared.' You're going to hurt me in the end. You're quite mad.

I get all tangled up in your ribbons.

... the human body is much stronger than we think. It seems to laugh at the cobwebs of despair that the heart weaves before our eyes in order to blind us to our fate. The body walks and goes on walking.

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. ANTOINE DE ST. EXUPERY

Nothing belongs more fully to an artist than his creation - even if you give him your youth, your money, your love, your courage, nothing belongs to you.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work, rather teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean. Antoine de Saint-Exupery A

you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat...

We understand … that what constitutes the dignity of a craft is that it creates a fellowship, that it binds men together and fashions for them a common language.

He who would travel happily must travel light”.  ~Antoine de St. Exupery

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

And if not for the caterpillars and butterflies, who will I talk to? You'll be far away. And as for larger creatures, I'm not afraid. I have my thorns...to protect me.

Si lloras será por tu culpa -dijo el principito- Yo no quise hacerte ningún mal;pero tu insististe en que te domesticara

I have to leave, leave, leave ...

Faites que le rêve dévore vortre vie afin que la vie ne dévore pas votre rêve

Voici mon secret. Il est tres simple. On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

The strong are strengthened by reverses; the trouble is that the true meaning of events scores next to nothing in the match we play with men. Appearances decide our gains or losses and the points are trumpery. And a mere semblance of defeat may hopelessly checkmate us.

It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible to the eye." – ANTONIE DE SAINTE EXUPERY

I will be your friend,' I said. 'I will go home to my mother's house the way I did when I skinned my knees as a little girl. I'll go and let myself be consoled by my roses, my palm trees, my enormous volcanoes in San Salvador. When you are old, maybe you'll come and see me someday.

The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen... The desert is beautiful," the little prince added. And that was true. I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams... "What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well..." I was astonished by a sudden understanding of that mysterious radiation of the sands.

Esta es la clave del sentido de la vida; amor es preocuparse por otro:flor, estrella,volcán,hombre...es sentirse responsable por otro

It is the time that you wasted for your rose that makes her so important.

What is essential is invisible to the eye. Only with the heart can you see rightly.

the most terrible dramas are those veiled in mystery.

No se ve bien sino con el corazón,lo esencial es invisible a los ojos

Perfection is only achieved when there is nothing more that can be taken away rather then when there are things that can be added

Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people.

Les toutes grandes personnes ont d'abord été des enfants.

Decididamente, los adultos son raros, pensó el principito durante el viaje

Solo los niños saben lo que buscan

Los hombres-dijo el principito-se recluyen en trenes rápidos sin saber lo que buscan.Entonces se inquietan y dan vueltas

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed...

We do not inherit the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children.

একদিন আমি তেতাল্লিশ বার সূর্য ডুবতে দেখলাম।' একটু পরে সে আরও বলল-- 'জানো, লোকেদের যখন খুব মন খারাপ থাকে তখন সূর্যডোবা দেখতে ভাল লাগে।' 'তেতাল্লিশবারের দিন তাহলে তোমার খুব মন খারাপ ছিল?' কোন জবাবই কিন্তু দিল না খুদে রাজকুমার।

Si ce que tu as trouvé est fait de matière pure, cela ne pourrira jamais. Et tu pourras y revenir un jour. Si ce n’est qu’un instant de lumière, comme l’explosion d’une étoile, alors tu ne retrouveras rien à ton retour. Mais tu auras vu une explosion de lumière. Et cela seul aura déjà valu la peine d’être vécu.

I have a very precise memory of the local train, the hot bricks and copper boxes filled with boiling water to warm us up. Someone in another compartment was playing the guitar. To the rhythm of the train's rocking movement, I heard the chorus "Porque yo to quiero, porque yo to quiero," and I traveled toward my Tonio telling myself, "Because I love you ... because I love you

Lo que lo hace hermoso es algo invisible...los ojos no siempre ven. Hay que buscar con el corazón

Es triste olvidar a un amigo y volverse como los adultos que se interesan por los números

Son realmente hermosas pero vacías rosas -añadió el principito- Uno se siente impulsado a dejarse morir por ustedes

Pero nosotros, que comprendemos la vida, nos burlamos de los números

Cuando el misterio es demasiado impresionante, es imposible desobedecer.

Chacun s'exalte pour des religions qui lui promettent cette plénitude. Tous, sous les mots contradictoires, nous exprimons les mêmes élans. Nous nous divisons sur des méthodes qui sont les fruits de nos raisonnements, non sur les buts: ils sont les mêmes.

This water was indeed a different thing from ordinary nourishment. Its sweetness was born of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of my arms. It was good for the heart, like a present.

Conozco un planeta en el que hay un señor coloradote. Nunca ha olido una flor. Nunca ha mirado una estrella. Nunca ha querido a nadie. Nunca ha hecho más que sumas. Y todo el día anda repitiendo como tú: “¡Soy un hombre serio! ¡Soy un hombre serio!”. Y con eso se hincha de orgullo. Pero eso no es un hombre, ¡es un hongo!…

Tu te tornas eternamente responsável por aquilo que cativas.

!Hablas como los adultos!;!Lo Confundes todo...No sabes distinguir!

Yo soy un hombre serio...Y se hincha de orgullo -Pero para mí no es un hombre !Es un Hongo!

Por eso su ocupación es hermosa...Es verdaderamente útil

¿Acaso no se hallaban contentos donde estaban?-Nunca está nadie contento donde se encuentra

La verite pour l'homme, c'est ce qui fait de lui un homme.

Since you left, Leon, the valet, is always drunk, the rice is undercooked, and my underwear is being stolen. I will come to get you and marry you in any country in the world and you'll arrange a lovely room for me, but without a cask with a golden spigot, because that's been stolen, too. I'm not writing anymore. I'm making my mother cry because I'm in despair. Our separation is driving me mad.

পোষ মানার অর্থ কী?' 'ওটা একটা ভুলে যাওয়া জিনিস', উত্তর দেয় শেয়াল,'ওর অর্থ হল গিয়ে সম্পর্ক তৈরি করা...' 'সম্পর্ক তৈরি করা?' 'অবশ্যই,' বললে শেয়াল। 'তুমি এখনো পর্যন্ত আমার কাছে শুধুমাত্র ছোট্ট একটি ছেলের মত। তোমাকে আমার দরকার নেই, আমাকেও তোমার দরকার নেই। তোমার কাছে আমি একটা শেয়াল মাত্র, হুবহু আর লাখখানেক শেয়ালের মত। কিন্তু তুমি যদি আমাকে পোষ তাহলে আমাদের দু'জনেরই দু'জনকে দরকার হবে। পৃথিবীতে আমি হব তোমার কাছে অনন্য, তুমি হবে আমার কাছে অনন্য...'। 'ও এই ব্যাপার। এখন আমি একটু একটু বুঝতে শুরু করেছি', বলে খুদে রাজকুমার,'জানো, একটা ফুল আছে, আমার ধারণা, সে আমাকে পুষেছে...'।

Busco amigos. ¿Qué significa "domesticar"? —volvió a preguntar el principito. —Es una cosa ya olvidada —dijo el zorro—, significa "crear vínculos... " — ¿Crear vínculos? —Efectivamente, verás —dijo el zorro—. Tú no eres para mí todavía más que un muchachito igual a otros cien mil muchachitos y no te necesito para nada. Tampoco tú tienes necesidad de mí y no soy para ti más que un zorro entre otros cien mil zorros semejantes. Pero si tú me domésticas, entonces tendremos necesidad el uno del otro. Tú serás para mí único en el mundo, yo seré para ti único en el mundo... —Comienzo a comprender —dijo el principito—. Hay una flor... creo que ella me ha domesticado...