206 quotes found
“I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.”
“I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.”
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”
“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.”
“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.”
“No one is ever satisfied where he is.”
“I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...”
“And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
“Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.”
“I looked about me. Luminous points glowed in the darkness. Cigarettes punctuated the humble meditations of worn old clerks. I heard them talking to one another in murmurs and whispers. They talked ...”
“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”
“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
“Vivi muito tempo no mundo das pessoas grandes. Vi-as de bem perto.Não fiquei com muito melhor opinião delas.”
“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, you ar...”
“Good morning," said the little prince.Good morning," said the merchant.This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you wou...”
“If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.”
“You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you --- the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone...”
“Mais, dans la mort d’un homme, un monde inconnu meurt, et je me demandais quelles étaient les images qui sombraient en lui.”
“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.”
“The only things you learn are the things you tame”
