Antoine de Saint Exupéry Quotes

“What makes the desert beautiful . . . is that somewhere it hides a well...”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:hiding

“Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her...”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:loveyouth

“If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are abloom with flowers.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:lovestars

“But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:life

“If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:happinesswaiting

“When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:truth

“Before they grow so big, the baobabs start out by being little.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:timepatience

“But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you...”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:timeheart

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:timeimportance

“It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:selfwisdom