Antoine de Saint-Exupery quotes

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Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Men
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Heart
Eye
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Land
Tears
Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Life
Day
Meaning
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Life
Love
Direction
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Love
Direction
Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Love
Direction
Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Direction
'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.'
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Truth
Forget
Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Suffering
Worth
One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Men
Brother
United
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
Love
Heart
Country
Will
Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Men
Man
Terror
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Nothing
Perfection
Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Body
Perfection