Top 46 Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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.

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls.

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.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.