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

Quote by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Topics: Life Quotes

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror...

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror...

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

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

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the...

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the...

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

To love is not to look at one another, But to look together in the...

To love is not to look at one another, But to look together in the...

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,...

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,...

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who...

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who...

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself.

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself.

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

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

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent,...

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent,...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is...

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is...

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

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

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I...

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I...

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to...

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to...