Quotes from The little Prince

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
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?"
Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?" Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.

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!

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

"What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well."

I ask the indulgence of the children who may read this book for dedicating it to a grown-up. I have a serious reason: he is the best friend I have in the world. I have another reason: this grown-up understands everything, even books about children. I have a third reason: he lives in France where he is hungry and cold. He needs cheering up. If all these reasons are not enough, I will dedicate the book to the child from whom this grown-up grew. All grown-ups were once children– although few of them remember it. And so I correct my dedication:

To Leon Werth
When he was a little boy

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

You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.

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

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

Allison: "Why can't Miss Hoffling ever assign a happy book? They are depressing. Have you ever read Little Women?"
Miss Hoffling: "She gets scarlet fever."
Carlos: "The Little Prince?"
Miss Hoffling: "He has no family. Harry Potter's an orphan. There are no happy books."

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

Katie: "I cannot believe you stole this gorilla"
Carlos: "She did not steal it, she won it, square and fair"
Allison: "Square and fair. I did."

Allison: "I invented fun. I used to be the funnest person I knew."
Katie: "What happened?"
Allison: "What happened was I went off and had three little babies that had to be kept safe and alive."

A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.

What the eye doesn't see and the mind doesn't know, doesn't exist.

After all, I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

Stop bringing logic into an emotional argument.

It is the quality of one's convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

You're never too old to be young.

Like so many things, it's not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.

The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes.

The world is dark, and light is precious.
Come closer, dear reader.
You must trust me.
I am telling you a story.

I once considered keeping some pets in my office, but soon gave up on the idea. It's just not right to keep small animals where they won't be able to see the sun.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.