The Little Prince Quotes about Relationships
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
People have forgotten this truth, the fox said. But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.
To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.
You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose.
One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.
Why did you decide to tame me?Because you are unique among all the foxes in the world.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
You’re beautiful, but you’re empty. No one could die for you.
And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me.
It’s a crazy thing, when you love someone, how they can hurt you without trying.
Goodbye, said the fox. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.
I am who I’m supposed to be. I’m where I’m supposed to be.
It’s the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.
I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams…
When you look at the stars at night, since I’ll be living on one of them, since I’ll be laughing on one of them, for you, it’ll be as if all the stars were laughing. You’ll have stars that can laugh!
You’ve got to be crazy to light a lamp and put it where the wind can blow it out – or to put it carefully in a glass bell and then set the glass bell on a cliff where the tide will reach it. And the little prince was forced to admit to himself that he, too, was crazy, looking for a well in the middle of the desert.
I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him… The land of tears is so mysterious.
Where are the people? demanded the little prince, at last. It’s a little lonely in the desert…
All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others, they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems… But all these stars are silent. You-You alone will have stars as no one else has them…
It is a matter of consequence. It has looked at the whole thing, all elementary experiences are considered a matter of consequence.
The grown-ups’ response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar.
Every day, punishing myself for the number of lies I have reluctantly told.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
I’m happy—everything’s fine — everyone’s good.
You’ve cried for so long, and it hasn’t done you any good.
He fell gently asleep, like a little boy. And his body had no fear of falling. It tumbled gracefully in the vast.
When you’ve finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care.
But if you wholeheartedly love one person, and you’ve hurt her, then it’s as if you’ve hurt all people. And if you love all people, you won’t have time to love her in the first place.
But it will be like an old abandoned apple tree, with no leaves. Years gone by. — Men don’t know how to express their feelings, so cleverly hide their love and end up not sharing anything.
When you want to talk to someone who is willing to listen with her heart, one who wants desperately to love and completely dedicate herself to you, only then can you truly share your sorrows.”
What is important about the desert is what lies beneath the sand.
The most beautiful things in the world are felt with the heart.
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.
The stars are beautiful because of a flower that cannot be seen.
You think that you have five hundred million friends. But in all reality, you only have one.
Love is not about possession, it is about appreciation.
The only way to truly understand someone is to look past what they show you and see their heart.
The most important things in life are not material possessions, but the connections we make with others.
True love is when you can be completely yourself around someone and still be loved for who you are.
In the end, it’s not the quantity of relationships that matters, but the quality.
Sometimes, the people who love us the most are the ones who hurt us the most.
Love is a journey that two people take together, supporting and caring for each other along the way.
Never take the people in your life for granted, for they are the ones who make life worth living.