Antoine de Saint-Exupéry quotes
Perhaps it is beautiful to die in order to conquer new lands, but modern war destroys everything for which it is supposedly waged.
To be human means to feel that you are responsible for everything.
In our world, all living things gravitate towards their own kind, even flowers, bending in the wind, mix with other flowers, a swan knows all swans - and only people withdraw into solitude.
At the appointed hour, life disintegrates like a pod, giving away its grains.
You will not find immortality within yourself.
War is not an adventure. War is a disease. Like typhus.
We all—some vaguely, some more clearly—feel: we need to awaken to life. But how many false paths open up.
All our riches are dust and ashes; they are powerless to give us something worth living for.
There is such a firm rule. Get up in the morning, wash your face, put yourself in order - and immediately put your planet in order.
The animal retains its grace even in old age. Why is the noble clay from which man is sculpted so deformed?
The earth helps us understand ourselves in a way that no books can help. For the earth resists us.
Only the heart is vigilant. You can't see the most important thing with your eyes.
From the molten lava, from the dough from which the stars are molded, from the miraculously born living cell, we - people - emerged and rose higher and higher, step by step, and now we write cantatas and measure the constellations.
Truth is not something that can be proven; truth is simplicity.
The truth does not lie on the surface.
The truth of a person is what makes him a person.
When you let yourself be tamed, then it happens that you cry.
When we understand our role on earth, even the most modest and inconspicuous, then only we will be happy.
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Those who lived for a long time with all-consuming love, and then lost it, sometimes get tired of their noble loneliness. And, humbly returning to life, he finds happiness in the most ordinary affection.
Loving does not mean looking at each other, loving means looking together in the same direction.
You can fool the Germans with arrogance because they are Germans and Beethoven's compatriots. This can turn the head of the last chimney sweep. And this is much easier than awakening Beethoven in a chimney sweep.
It is not the ugliness of this shapeless human clay that is painful. But in each of these people, perhaps, Mozart has been killed.
The Spirit alone, touching clay, creates Man from it.
Only children know what they are looking for. They give their whole soul to a rag doll, and it becomes very, very dear to them, and if it is taken away from them, the children cry.
A calling helps to free a person within himself, but it is also necessary that a person can give free rein to his calling.
Trying to embrace the world of today, we draw from the vocabulary that developed in the world of yesterday. And it seems to us that in the past life was more in tune with human nature, but this is only because it is more in tune with our language.
By working only for material benefits, we build a prison for ourselves.
Everyone must be asked what they can give. Power must first of all be reasonable.
From the moment the airplane and mustard gas became weapons, the war became simply a massacre. Victory goes to the one who rots last. And both opponents rot alive.
When planting an oak tree, it’s funny to dream that you will soon find shelter in its shade.
Citadel
Chastity is saving one's own honey in anticipation of love.
Very often temptation destroys chastity. Don't give in to it, then you will enjoy life much more.
The pain of one is no less than the pain of the whole world.
The pain can be so severe that words cannot describe, much less help.
And the Love of one - no matter how absurd it may be - rocks the stars of the Milky Way.
The love of one, if it is sincere, is a hundred times stronger than the love of ten.
Keep in mind and never forget the difference between the essential and the essential. Bread is essential, a person must be fed: a hungry person is a subhuman, he loses the ability to think.
Only a well-fed person can think sensibly. A hungry person will think only about food, this is the law of nature.
Whoever is reborn is tormented by melancholy and despair. After all, suddenly he became unnecessary.
The worst thing that can happen is to find yourself of no use to anyone...
It would be easy to live peacefully if all people were the same.
Social inequality breeds war. The rich just get bored.
Sharing what they have accumulated, people turn into wolves. By pacifying them with cruelty, you will receive cattle in the stable.
Material values awaken the beast in a person. In pursuit of them, the human form is lost.
They wallow in dirty gossip, but it seems to them that they are searching for the truth.
The truth is always obvious, there is no need to look for it...
If the one causing envy becomes equal to us, we will tear him apart with pleasure.
If someone has something more, he inevitably causes envy. And you just need to be happy for him.
I honor that which is more durable than man. I want to preserve the meaning of a wasted life.
There is meaning in life when, after you leave, you leave something good that can remind you of you.
Man is not fattening cattle; love is more important to him than benefit.
Without love, he simply would not be a person...
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The greatest luxury in the world is the luxury of human communication.
Lamps must be taken care of: a gust of wind can extinguish them.
It is much more difficult to judge yourself than others.
There are too many people in the world who have not been helped to awaken.
Words only interfere with understanding each other.
With the death of each person, the unknown world dies.
Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when nothing can be taken away.
The salvation is to take the first step. One more step. It’s with him that everything starts anew.
You can't make old friends quickly.
That which gives meaning to life gives meaning to death.
Longing is when you long to see something, you don’t know what... It exists, it is unknown and desired, but it cannot be expressed in words.
You are forever responsible for everyone you have tamed.
Each person has their own stars.
Human life has no price, but we always act as if there is something even more valuable.
It’s good when something new, more perfect, is born in a dispute between different civilizations, but it’s monstrous when they devour each other.
The kingdom of man is within us.
Why do we hate each other? We are all at the same time, carried away by the same planet, we are the crew of one ship.
To live means to be born slowly
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Quotes about life
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To live means to be born slowly.
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You are looking for meaning in life; but its only meaning is for you to finally come true.
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Life isn't easy either.
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Life manifests itself not in states, but in actions.
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There are no ready-made solutions in life. In life there are forces that move. We need to create them. Then solutions will come.
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Although human life is the most valuable thing, we always act as if there is something even more valuable in the world than human life...
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A life that brings both suffering and joy is real life.
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Order is created by life, but it itself does not create life.
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I was waiting for life to give me a sign, but it didn’t come.
After all, vain people imagine that everyone admires them. "A little prince"
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A person learns about himself in the fight against obstacles.
What is the use of political doctrines that promise the blossoming of man if we do not know in advance what kind of man they will produce?
To live means to be born slowly
There is only one problem - the only one in the world - to return spiritual content, spiritual concerns to people...
You live in your actions, not in your body. You are your actions, and there is no other you
Only fulfilling one's duty allows a person to become something
When we understand our role on earth, even the most modest and inconspicuous, then only we will be happy. Then only we will be able to live and die in peace, for what gives the meaning of life also gives the meaning of death.
It is easy to establish order in a society by subordinating each member to unshakable rules. It is easy to raise a blind person who, without protest, would obey the guide. How much more difficult is it to free a person by teaching him to rule over himself?
By working only for material wealth, we are building a prison for ourselves.
Never lose patience, this is the last key that opens doors
True love begins where you expect nothing in return. Illumination means only that the Spirit has suddenly opened up a slowly preparing path
Judge for yourself. This is the hardest part. It is much more difficult to judge yourself than others. If you can judge yourself correctly, then you are truly wise
Before you receive, you must give, and before you live in a house, you must build it.
There is such a firm rule,” the Little Prince told me afterwards. — You got up in the morning, washed your face, put yourself in order - and immediately put your planet in order
I finally understood why the Lord, in His love, made people responsible for each other and endowed them with the virtue of hope. For this is how all people became messengers of one God, and in the hands of every person is the salvation of all.
I value physical courage inexpensively; life has taught me what true courage is: the ability to resist the condemnation of the environment
Lord, I ask not for miracles or mirages, but for the strength of every day. Teach me the art of small steps.
Make me observant and resourceful, so that in the diversity of everyday life I can stop in time on discoveries and experiences that excite me.
A friend is, first of all, someone who does not undertake to judge
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Friendship Quotes
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My friend never explained anything to me. Maybe he thought I was just like him.
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Friends ready to help us are found quickly. It is much more difficult to earn friends who expect help from us.
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It takes a long time to cultivate a friendship before a friend lays claim to you.
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A friend is, first of all, someone who does not undertake to judge.
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My friend, I need you like a mountain peak where I can breathe freely!
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A friend is that particle in a person that is given to you; a door is opened to you that, perhaps, is not opened to anyone else.
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Friendship is, first of all, reconciliation and great spiritual communication despite insignificant trifles.
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Friends are only those who, holding on to one rope, climb a mountain peak with common efforts and in this find their closeness.
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Friends ready to help us are found quickly. It is much more difficult to earn friends who expect help from us.
If you love without hope of reciprocity, remain silent about your love. In silence it will become fruitful. "Citadel"
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Teach me how to properly manage the time of my life. Give me a subtle sense to distinguish the primary from the secondary.
I ask for the strength of abstinence and moderation, so that I do not flutter and slide through life, but intelligently plan the course of the day, could see the peaks and distances, and at least sometimes find time to enjoy art.
Help me understand that dreams cannot be a help. No dreams of the past, no dreams of the future. Help me to be here and now and perceive this minute as the most important.
Save me from the naive belief that everything in life should be smooth. Give me a clear consciousness that difficulties, defeats, falls and failures are only a natural part of life, thanks to which we grow and mature.
Remind me that the heart often argues with the mind.
Send me at the right moment someone who has the courage to tell me the truth, but tell it lovingly!
I know that many problems can be solved if nothing is done, so teach me patience.
You know how much we need friendship. Let me be worthy of this most beautiful and tender Gift of Fate.
Give me a rich imagination so that at the right moment, at the right time, in the right place, silently or speaking, to give someone the necessary warmth. Make me a person who knows how to reach those who are completely “below”.
Save me from the fear of missing out on something in life.
Give me not what I want for myself, but what I really need.
Teach me the art of small steps...
