The Little Prince Quotes

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

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

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

Language is the source of misunderstandings.

All grown-ups were once children, but only a few of them remember it.

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

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

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.

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

People have forgotten this truth, the fox said. But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

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

You’re beautiful, but you’re empty…One couldn’t die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she’s the one I’ve watered. Since she’s the one I put under glass, since she’s the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she’s the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she’s the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she’s my rose.

The Little Prince Quotes part 2

You’re not at all like my rose, he said. As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world.

I shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. It is like that. Don’t come too close. I shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. It is like that. Don’t come too close. I shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. It is like that. Don’t come too close…I shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. It is like that. Don’t come too close. I shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. It is like that. Don’t come too close. It is further to march with those feet.

You’re beautiful, but you’re empty…One couldn’t die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she’s the one I’ve watered. Since she’s the one I put under glass, since she’s the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she’s the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she’s the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she’s my rose.

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

Of course, I love you,’ the flower said to him. ‘If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.

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

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.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

I was too young to know how to love her.

All grown-ups were once children, but only a few of them remember it.

I can so finally with my heart, that’s the best way to understand the meaning of things.

I only regret that I have only one life to lose for my rose.

You’ve got to endure a few caterpillars if you want to learn about butterflies.

If you come at four in the afternoon, I’ll begin to be happy by three.

The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.

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

Goodbye, said the fox. 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.

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

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart…

People have forgotten this truth, the fox said. But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.

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

If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers…

But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart…

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

What is essential is invisible to the eye.

Grown-ups love figures… When you tell them you’ve made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?

But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart…

But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.

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

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing. Hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs and gleams…