Ephemeral" It means 'which is in danger of speedy disappearance. Antoine de Saint-Exupery More Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery More Quotes From Antoine de Saint-Exupery Night, the beloved. 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. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree. Antoine de Saint-Exupery self men night If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts. Antoine de Saint-Exupery assuming responsibility success The Beauty of the Mountain is hidden for all those who try to discover it from the top, supposing that, one way or an other, one can reach this place directly. The Beauty of the Mountain reveals only to those who climbed it. Antoine de Saint-Exupery mountain supposing-that trying It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important. Antoine de Saint-Exupery rose time love One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness. Antoine de Saint-Exupery yield sadness emotional Language is the source of misunderstandings. Antoine de Saint-Exupery language belief travel You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. Antoine de Saint-Exupery responsibility dog life Real love begins where nothing is expected in return. Antoine de Saint-Exupery carpe-diem real love-you What he had yearned to embrace was not the flesh but a down spirit, a spark, the impalpable angel that inhabits the flesh. Antoine de Saint-Exupery sparks angel flesh But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart. Antoine de Saint-Exupery eye heart looks The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky. Antoine de Saint-Exupery winning sky tree True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. Antoine de Saint-Exupery true-love love-is giving Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded. Antoine de Saint-Exupery learning education life Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault. Antoine de Saint-Exupery faults flower love-you I am who I am and I have the need to be. Antoine de Saint-Exupery i-am-who-i-am who-i-am needs 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. Antoine de Saint-Exupery goal mind inspirational Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable. Antoine de Saint-Exupery truth-is truth And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure . . . And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, 'Yes, the stars always make me laugh!' And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you. Antoine de Saint-Exupery crazy stars grief When one is building a ship, one does not begin with gathering timber and cutting planks, but rather by arousing in people the yearning for the great wide sea. Antoine de Saint-Exupery cutting sea people When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. Antoine de Saint-Exupery generosity helping-others reality