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I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

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Respect, Eye, Men

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

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Winning, Sky, Tree

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

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Love, Romantic, Respect

I have always learned to distinguish the important from the urgent.

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Important, Urgent

Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.

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Truth, Truth Is

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

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Inspirational, Men, Steps

The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.

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Friendship, Birthday, Giving Up

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

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Love, Positive, Marriage

One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length of time without poetry, without color, without love.

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Color, Credit, Impossible

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

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Men, Responsible, Be A Man
"Wind, Sand and Stars" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated by Lewis Galantière, (Ch. II), 1939.

But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.

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Heart, Eye, Looks

To love is not to look at one another: it is to look, together, in the same direction.

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Love, Together, Looks

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.

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Judging, Difficult, Oneself
Le Petit Prince ch. 10 (1943)

Once you are my friend, I am responsible for you.

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Friendship, Responsible, My Friends

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.

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Inspirational, Life, Boundaries
Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.

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Night, Men, Self
Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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

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Life, Dog, Responsibility
"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (Ch. XXI), 1943.

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

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Broken Heart, Sadness, Hard Times
Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.38, eKitap Projesi

It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you.

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Body, Your Body

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed.

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Running, Risk, Littles
Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.101, eKitap Projesi

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

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Travel, War, Adventure
Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.

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Bridges, Giving, Solitude

He who never says "no" is no true man.

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Men, Refusal, True Man

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

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Reality, Hanukkah, Belonging
"'Vol de Nuit' ('Night Flight')". Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1931.

It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. [Fr., Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.]

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Heart, Eye, Simple

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