This viscous whiteness became in my mind the frontier between the real and the unreal, between the known and the unknowable. Below it reigned not what one might think - not the agitation of men, not the living tumult and bustle of cities, but a silence even more absolute than in the clouds, a peace even more final. I imagined the immense white pitfall spread beneath me. ' But you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies eternity.'Īnd suddenly that tranquil cloud-world, that world so harmless and simple that one sees below on rising out of the clouds, took on in my eyes a new quality.

' Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but-'.

Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it. Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world. It is another of the miraculous things about mankind that there is no pain nor passion that does not radiate to the ends of the earth. Unless otherwise noted, as translated into English as Wind, Sand and Stars(1939) by Lewis Galantière It seems that perfection is attained, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away. It is not something discovered it is something molded. Terre des Hommes (1939) Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life.

If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.

Translation: Every nation is selfish and every nation considers its selfishness sacred.

Toute nation considère son égoïsme comme sacré.

Pilote de Guerre (1942) (translated into English as Flight to Arras).

Translation: A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

Les pierres du chantier ne sont en vrac qu’en apparence, s’il est, perdu dans le chantier, un homme, serait-il seul, qui pense cathédrale.Vol de Nuit (1931) (translated into English as Night Flight).Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.Quotes A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. 1.3 Citadelle or The Wisdom of the Sands (1948).

The prince antoine de saint exupery