Truth, for any man, is that which makes him a man. Antoine de Saint-Exupery More Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery More Quotes From Antoine de Saint-Exupery Nobody grasped you by the shoulder while there was still time. Now the clay of which you were shaped has dried and hardened, and naught in you will ever awaken the sleeping musician, the poet, the asronomer that possibly inhabited you in the beginning. Antoine de Saint-Exupery clay musician sleep "Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." Antoine de Saint-Exupery forever inspirational men We are prudent people. We are afraid to let go of our petty reality in order to grasp at a great shadow. Antoine de Saint-Exupery letting-go order reality 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. Antoine de Saint-Exupery gleam desert silence When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with out-stretched arms, face to face with that hatchery of stars. Only half awake, still unaware that those depths were sky, having no roof between those depths and me, no branches to screen them, no root to cling to, I was seized with vertigo and felt myself as if flung forth and plunging downward like a diver. Antoine de Saint-Exupery stars eye lying 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 framework found world There is nothing that can equal the treasure of so many shared memories. Antoine de Saint-Exupery equal treasure memories Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. Antoine de Saint-Exupery understanding forever children For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. 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. Antoine de Saint-Exupery grief memories book Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day. Antoine de Saint-Exupery another-day pieces sometimes To grasp the meaning of the world of today we use a language created to express the world of yesterday. The life of the past seems to us nearer our true natures, but only for the reason that it is nearer our language. Antoine de Saint-Exupery use yesterday past Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. Antoine de Saint-Exupery butterfly wish philosophy One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. Antoine de Saint-Exupery accepted reason firsts We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. Antoine de Saint-Exupery aquariums quality men Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living. Antoine de Saint-Exupery sad vibrations sorrow And that heart which was a wild garden was given to him who only loved trim lawns. And the imbecile carried the princess into slavery. Antoine de Saint-Exupery princess garden heart More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use. Antoine de Saint-Exupery wisdom positive men Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something? Antoine de Saint-Exupery human-life priceless life-is Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake. Antoine de Saint-Exupery snakes lonely loneliness Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou fillest us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses. Antoine de Saint-Exupery color rain art
