Philosophy Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“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.”

“True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.”

“And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me.”

“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”

“Those who pass by us, do not go alone, and do not leave us alone; they leave a bit of themselves, and take a little of us.”

“Philosophy is not a spectator sport.”

“Every man knows that he will die: and nobody believes it. On that paradox stand not only a host of religions but the entity of a sane being.”

“Make life easier by living in the present and believing in the future.”

“The old man slowly raised himself from the piano stool, fixed those cheerful blue eyes piercingly and at the same time with unimaginable friendliness upon him, and said: "Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends. There is none easier. That is a fine thing. I hope you and I shall remain friends. Perhaps you too will learn how to make fugues, Joseph.”

“In so far as the culture industry arouses a feeling of well-being that the world is precisely in that order suggested by the culture industry, the substitute gratification which it prepares for human beings cheats them out of the same happiness which it deceitfully projects.”

“No dirt can touch me, like an ocean, everything that comes to me becomes clean.”