Quote of Antoine de Saint-Exupery - It is only with the heart...

Biography - Antoine de Saint-Exupery:

French writer, poet, journalist and aviator.
Born: 1900 - Died: 1944
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

Quote

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

heart

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

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Translation

(French, German, Spanish, Italian)

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. ”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Man sieht nur mit dem Herzen gut, das Wesentliche ist für die Augen unsichtbar.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Sólo se ve bien con el corazón; lo esencial es invisible a los ojos.”

È solo con il cuore che si vede bene; l'essenziale è invisibile agli occhi.”

Quotes about heart:

Hope stole into my heart against my will.”
Jean Racine - Phèdre

Great thoughts come from the heart.”
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims

The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.”
Blaise Pascal - Pensées

Tears are shed in my heart like the rain on the town.”
Paul Verlaine - Il pleure dans mon coeur

heart

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches,
And here is my heart which beats only for you. ”
Paul Verlaine - Green

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”
Oscar Wilde

All about heart...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery also said...

A smile is often the most essential thing. One is repaid by a smile. One is rewarded by a smile. One is animated by a smile.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

smile

Intelligence has value only in the service of love.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

All grown-ups were once children (but only few of them remember it).”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince

child

It is spirit that rules the world, not intelligence.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Citadelle

future

It seems that perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

perfection

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