Words are the source of misunderstandings.

Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To...

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them

Que l’on soit absent dans la pièce voisine, ou sur l’autre versant de la planète, la différence n’est pas essentielle. La présence de l’ami qui en apparence s’est éloigné, peut se faire plus dense qu’une...

Cette qualité de la joie n’est-elle pas le fruit le plus précieux de la civilisation qui est nôtre ? Une tyrannie totalitaire pourrait nous satisfaire, elle aussi, dans nos besoins matériels. Mais nous ne sommes pas...

Supposing I know of a flower that is absolutely unique, that is nowhere to be found except on my planet, and any minute that flower could accidentally be eaten up by a little lamb, isn’t...

It is also lonely among men,” the snake said.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.

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.

To love is not to look at one another, it is to look, together, in the same direction.

It is only with the heart that one can see clearly.What is essential is invisible to the eye.

Goodbye,” said the fox. “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.

Perfektion ist erreicht, wenn man nichts mehr wegnehmen kann.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.

If you come at four in the afternoon, I’ll begin to be happy by three.

One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.

Nu primejdia e ceea ce iubesc. Stiu eu prea bine ce iubesc. Eu iubesc viata.

If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers…

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

It’s the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important…People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your...

He who would travel happily must travel light

That will be so amusing! You will have five hundred million little bells,and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water…

Nothing is perfect,” sighed the fox. “My life is very monotonous. I run after the chickens; the men run after me. All the chickens are the same; all the men are the same. Consequently, I...

That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it’s because you’re truly a wise man.

Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy ready-made things in the shops. But since there are no shops where you can buy friends, men no longer have any friends.

He is among those beings of great scope who spread their leafy branches willingly over broad horizons. To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to know shame at the sight of...

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…

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed...

je dis civilisé le peuple qui compose ses danses, malgré qu’il ne soit pour les danses ni récolte ni greniers. Alors que je dis brut le peuple qui aligne sur ses étagères des objets, fussent-ils...

No one is ever satisfied where he is.

As for the military advantage of such a bombardment, I simply cannot grasp it. I have seen housewives disemboweled, children mutilated; I have seen the old itinerant market crone sponge from her treasure the brains...

It is a matter of life and death for us; for the lead we gain by day on ships and railways is lost each night.

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Nu cunoaștem dec t ceea ce îmbl nzim, zise vulpea. Oamenii nu mai au timp să cunoască nimic. Cumpără lucruri de-a gata, de la neguțători. Cum însă nu există neguțători de prieteni, oamenii nu mai...

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

I am looking for friends. What does that mean — tame?””It is an act too often neglected,” said the fox. “It means to establish ties.” “To establish ties?” “Just that,” said the fox. “To me,...

People where you live grow five thousand roses in one garden…yet they don’t find what they are looking for.

Language is the source of misunderstandings.

My star will just be one of the stars, for you. And so you will love to watch all the stars in the heavens…they will all be your friends.”-the little prince

So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the time for him to leave was approaching:”Oh!”, said the fox. “I am going to cry.””It’s your own fault,” said the little prince. “I never wished...

You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water…

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,...

Il ne s’agit point de t’offusquer de ce que l’un diffère de l’autre, de ce que les aspirations de l’un s’opposent aux aspirations de l’autre, de ce que le langage de l’un ne soit point...

In silence alone does a man’s truth bind itself together and strike root.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

si tu examines mon empire tu t’en iras voir les forgerons et les trouveras forgeant des clous et se passionnant pour les clous et te chantant les cantiques de la clouterie. Puis tu t’en iras...

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

For after all, why do we go on fighting? If we die for democracy then we must be one of the democracies. Let the rest fight with us, if that is the case. But the...