Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Quotes

Human drama does not show itself on the surface of life. It is not played out in the visible world, but in the hearts of men. … One man in misery can disrupt the peace of a city. It is another of the miraculous things about mankind that there is no pain nor passion that does not radiate to the ends of the earth. Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world.

Il faut exiger de chacun ce que chacun peut donner

It's a question of discipline,' the little prince told me later on. 'when you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet. you must be sure you pull up the baobabs regularly, as soon as you can tell them apart from the rosebushes, which they closely resemble when they're very young. It's very tedious work, but very easy.

They buy things in ready-made stores. But since there are no stores where you can buy friends, people no longer have friends.

He sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of a flower you don't see...'
I answered, 'Yes, of course.

"Men," said the little prince, "set out on their way in express trains, but they do not know what they are looking for. Then they rush about, and get excited, and turn round and round . . ."

"Of course I love you," the flower said to him. "It is my fault that you have not known it all the while. That is of no importance. But you — you have been just as foolish as I."

Conozco un planeta en el que hay un señor coloradote. Nunca ha olido una flor. Nunca ha mirado una estrella. Nunca ha querido a nadie. Nunca ha hecho más que sumas. Y todo el día anda repitiendo como tú: “¡Soy un hombre serio! ¡Soy un hombre serio!”. Y con eso se hincha de orgullo. Pero eso no es un hombre, ¡es un hongo!…

فروشنده صاحب قرص های فرد اعلایی بود که تشنگی را برطرف می کند. هفته ای یک دانه از این قرص ها را می خورند و دیگر احساس نیاز به آشامیدن آب نمی کنند

شازده کوچولو پرسید : این ها را می فروشی برای چه ؟

فروشنده گفت : برای صرفه جویی در وقت . متخصص ها حسابش را کرده اند . هفته ای پنجاه و سه دقیقه صرفه جویی می شود.

شازده کوچولو گفت : و با این پنجاه و سه دقیقه چه می کنند ؟

فروشنده گفت : هر کاری که دلشان بخواهد ...

شازده کوچولو با خود گفت : «اگر من پنجاه و سه دقیقه وقت اضافی داشتم آرام آرام به طرف چشمه ای می رفتم

Te juzgarás a ti mismo — le respondió el rey — . Es lo más difícil. Es mucho más difícil juzgarse a sí mismo, que juzgar a los otros. Si consigues juzgarte rectamente es que eres un verdadero sabio.

Ce qui embellit le désert, dit le petit prince, c'est qu'il cache un puits quelque part...

Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, 'Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?' And you'll see how everything changes...
And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important.

Es mucho más difícil juzgarse a sí mismo, que juzgar a los otros. Si consigues juzgarte correctamente es que eres un verdadero sabio.

I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. she perfumed my planet and lit up my life.

"It's all a great mystery. For you, who love the little prince, too. As for me, nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, no one knows where, a sheep we never saw has or has not eaten a rose....
Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, "Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?" And you'll see how everything changes....
And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important!"