It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.
Le Petit Prince (1943) (The Little Prince)
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More from Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them.
Terre des Hommes (1939) (Wind, Sand and Stars)
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Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.
Vol de Nuit (1931) (Night Flight)
You know – one loves the sunset, when one is so sad…
“Were you so sad, then?” I asked, “on the day of the forty-four sunsets?”
But the little prince made no reply.
chapter 6
If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself: ‘Somewhere, my flower is there…’ But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment all his stars will be darkened…And you think that is not important!