Antoine de Saint-Exupery Inspirational Quotations

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

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.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

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

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

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.'

The important thing is to strive toward a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.

You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.

He who must travel happily must travel light.