Favorite Quotations Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 2 Guide for Grown-ups

"Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals from common navigation toward a star." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I need to put up with two or three caterpillars if I want to get to know the butterflies. ~ LITTLE PRINCE

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

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. ~ Flight to Arras

Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful.

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

For one who reads a love letter his cup of happiness is full, no matter what the paper or the ink employed; for it is not in the paper or the ink that he discovers love's message.

He who is different for me does not impoverish me—he enriches me. Our unity is constituted in something higher than ourselves—in Man… For no man seeks to hear his own echo, or find his reflection in the glass.

In order to cure a feeling of malaise, you have to throw light on it.

Love is a seed: it has only to sprout, and its roots spread far and wide.

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