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The Little Prince
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"The Little Prince" Quotes

A pilot stranded in the Sahara Desert meets a young prince from a distant asteroid and learns profound life lessons.

Quotes

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.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

lovefriendship

You - you alone will have the stars as no one else has them...

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

lonelinessunique

One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

loveperception

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

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

beautyhope

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

responsibilityrelationships

It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

mysteryemotions

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

misunderstandingcommunication

Language is the source of misunderstandings.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

communicationmisunderstanding

You mustn't forget it. You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

responsibilityrelationships

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

humormisfortune