We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its ston…

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. ✨ Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). Flight to Arras
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But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference. ✨ Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). The Little Prince: Illustrated Edition, p.26, eKitap Projesi
Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.
Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. ✨ Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). Flight to Arras
Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. ✨ Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). Flight to Arras

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