Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#day #itself #meaning #only #other

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

#achieved #add #away #designer #knows

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#born #event #live #single #slowly

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten". ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#beaten #chief #does #i #man

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#admires #i #loves #me #tell

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

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#eye #heart #invisible #only #rightly

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#more #receive #than #you #yourself

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.' ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#forever #forget #forgotten #fox #men

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#anything #attained #away #been #body

You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#responsible #rose #tamed #you #your