Peace dies when the framework is ripped apart. When there is no longer a place that is yours in the world. When you know no longer where your friend is to be found. Antoine de Saint-Exupery More Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery More Quotes From Antoine de Saint-Exupery He sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of a flower you don't see...' I answered, 'Yes, of course. Antoine de Saint-Exupery stars flower beautiful Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility. Antoine de Saint-Exupery boredom defeat failure 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.) Antoine de Saint-Exupery proof want sheep Only the children know what they are looking for. Antoine de Saint-Exupery yawning knows children Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Antoine de Saint-Exupery boundaries inspirational life I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons. Antoine de Saint-Exupery weapons flower believe To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend. Antoine de Saint-Exupery forget-a-friend forget No individual is isolated. He who is sad, saddens others. Antoine de Saint-Exupery philosophy history art No one is ever satisfied where he is. Antoine de Saint-Exupery satisfied I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds. Antoine de Saint-Exupery migration bird believe If you tame me, it would be as if the sun came to shine on my life. Antoine de Saint-Exupery wheat-fields shine-on shining Why are you drinking? demanded the little prince. "So that I may forget," replied the tippler. "Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who was already sorry for him. "Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head. "Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him. "Ashamed of drinking! Antoine de Saint-Exupery drinking sorry may But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us. Antoine de Saint-Exupery power would-be games When you tame someone they become unique to you in all the world Antoine de Saint-Exupery unique world The injustice of defeat lies in the fact that its most innocent victims are made to look like heartless accomplices. It is impossible to see behind defeat, the sacrifices, the austere performance of duty, the self-discipline and the vigilance that are there - those things the god of battle does not take account of. Antoine de Saint-Exupery sacrifice self lying The friend within the man is that part of him which belongs to you and opens to you a door which never, perhaps, is opened to another. Such a friend is true, and all he says is true; and he loves you even if he hates you in other mansions of his heart. Antoine de Saint-Exupery hate love-you friendship Living is being born slowly. It would be a little too easy if we could borrow ready-made souls. Antoine de Saint-Exupery soul would-be littles So the crew fly on with no thought that they are in motion. Like night over the sea, they are very far from the earth, from towns, from trees. The clock ticks on. The dials, the radio lamps, the various hands and needles go though their invisible alchemy. . . . and when the hour is at hand the pilot may glue his forehead to the window with perfect assurance. Out of oblivion the gold has been smelted: there it gleams in the lights of the airport. Antoine de Saint-Exupery airports light night It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal. Antoine de Saint-Exupery contemplation equality men There is no liberty except the liberty of some one making his way towards something. Such a man can be set free if you will teach him the meaning of thirst, and how to trace a path to a well. Only then will he embark upon a course of action that will not be without significance. You could not liberate a stone if there were no law of gravity - for where will the stone go, once it is quarried? Antoine de Saint-Exupery freedom law men
