Fransk forfatter og flyver, født i Lyon. Hans første 2 bøger, Southern Mail (1929) og Night Flight (1931), er præget af en poetisk fascination af flyvning. Senere værker, Wind, Sand and Stars (1939) og Flight to Arras (1942), viser hans humanistiske filosofi. Saint-Exupéry's populære børnebog Den lille Prins (1943) læses også (især?) af voksne. Hans fly forsvandt over Middelhavet under en mission i 2. Verdenskrig.
Det er kun med hjertet, man kan se rigtigt. Det vigtigste er altid usynlig for øjet.
Det gælder ikke om at lære at skrive, men om at lære at se. Det at skrive, det er bare en konsekvens.
Det væsentlige er usynligt for øjet, kun med hjertet kan man se rigtigt.
Døden er filosofiens inspirerende genius. Hvis døden ikke fandtes, ville ingen beskæftige sig med filosofi.
For at kunne elske en sommerfugl, må vi også kunne lide et par larver.
Hvad fremtiden angår, er din opgave ikke at forudse, men at gøre den mulig.
Hvis du vil have bygget et skib, skal du ikke kalde folk sammen for at tilvejebringe tømmer eller tilvirke redskaber. Du skal ikke uddelegere opgaver til dem eller fordele arbejdet - men du skal vække deres længsel efter oplevelserne på det store åbne hav.
Kærlighed er ikke noget, man tænker. Kærligheden lever.
Kærlighed forårsager ikke lidelse. Hvad der gør det, er følelsen af ejendom, som er det modsatte af kærlighed
Kærligheden begynder der, hvor der ikke forventes gengæld.
Livet har lært os, at kærlighed ikke indebærer, at man sidder og stirrer på hinanden, men at man sammen kigger på det samme.
Man ser kun godt med hjertet. Det vigtigste er usynligt for øjnene.
Mennesker dyrker tusind roser uden at finde det de søger, selvom de kunne finde det i en enkelt.
Penge er fattige som aske.
Sand kærlighed begynder der, hvor der ikke ventes gengæld.
Torne er ikke til nogensomhelst nytte. Det er ren og skær ondskabsfuldhed fra blomsternes side
Ydmyghed består ikke i at fornægte sig selv, men i at vedkende sig sin handling.
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it.
But I, alas, do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes...I have had to grow old.
But, if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world...
Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.
I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.
If someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists.
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
Look up at the sky. Ask yourselves: Is it yes or no? Has the sheep eaten the rose? And you will see how everything changes...
Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
"Men have forgotten this truth,"" said the fox. ""But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
Men?...one never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult.
Perfection is reached not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.
Then you shall judge yourself, the king answered. That is the most difficult thing of all. 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.
There is no hope of joy except in human relations.
To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.
What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...
Words are the source of misunderstandings.