(98 quotes found)
“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“There is no joy except in human relationships”
“To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the”
“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
“When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.”
“It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal”
“A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out”
“The injustice of defeat lies in the fact that its most innocent victims are made to look like heartless accomplices. It is impossible to see behind defeat, the sacrifices, the austere performance of duty, the self-discipline and the vigilance that are there -- those things the god of battle does not take account of.”
“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.”
“Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young”