Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Quotes

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

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

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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