Antoine De Saint Exupéry Quotes

June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944

Antoine de Saint Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944) was a French writer, poet and aviator.

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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 (2012) Airman's Odyssey. p. 28

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Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings

Antoine De Saint Exupéry
— Vol de Nuit (1931) (translated into English as Night Flight)

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

Un tas de pierres cesse d'être un tas de pierres, des qu'un seul homme le contemple avec, en lui, l'image d'une cathédrale.

Antoine De Saint Exupéry
— Pilote de Guerre (1942) (translated into English as Flight to Arras)

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If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.

Antoine De Saint Exupéry
— "Letter to an American" (1944)

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L’expérience nous montre qu’aimer ce n’est point nous regarder l’un l’autre mais regarder ensemble dans la même direction. (Page 203)

Antoine De Saint Exupéry
— Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction. (Translated by Lewis Galantière in "Wind, Sand and Stars")

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Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher.

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— It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove.
— As translated by Lewis Galantière: ... perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away ...
— Ch. III: L'Avion, p. 60

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Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

Antoine De Saint Exupéry
— Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.
— Variant translations: Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart.

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Confuse not love with the raptures of possession, which bring the cruellest of sufferings. For, notwithstanding the general opinion, love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.

Antoine De Saint Exupéry
— Page 152

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The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.

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— Wind, Sand, and Stars (1939)

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

Antoine De Saint Exupéry
— 1939  Terre des hommes.

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It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

Antoine De Saint Exupéry

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

Antoine De Saint Exupéry
— French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and pioneering aviator (1900 - 1944)

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

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