It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY, The Little Prince
Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY, Flight to Arras
It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove.
ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPÉRY, L'Avion
You become responsible forever for what you've tamed.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, The Little Prince
The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Wind, Sand, and Stars
Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she's the one I've watered.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, The Little Prince
Language is the source of misunderstandings.
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.