Occupation: Writer Birth: June 29, 1900 Death: July 31, 1944
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral..
But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us..
C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful..
People have stars, but they aren't the same. For travelers, the stars are guides. For other people, they're nothing but tiny lights. And for still ot….
People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for... They don't….
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..
For there is but one problem - the problem of human relations. We forget that there is no hope or joy except in human relations..
No truth is proved, no truth achieved, by argument, and the ready-made truths men offer you are mere conveniences or drugs to make you sleep..
Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?.
The magic of the craft has opened for me a world in which I shall confront, within two hours, the black dragons and the crowned crests of a coma of b….
The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate..
A smile is often the key thing.One is paid with a smile. One is rewarded with a smile. One is brightened by a smile. And the quality of a smile can m….
If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself..
Intelligence is not creative; judgment is not creative. If a sculptor is nothing but skill and mind, his hands will be without genius..
My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in co….
So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." It is your own fault," said the ….
If you tame me, it would be as if the sun came to shine on my life..
Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living..
If you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world…if you tame me,….
I ought not to have listened to her,' he confided to me one day. 'One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breath….
Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting for the resc….