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It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.

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Judging, Difficult, Oneself

Le Petit Prince ch. 10 (1943)

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The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.

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Friendship, Birthday, Giving Up

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A pilot's business is with the wind, and with the stars, with night, with sand, with the sea. He strives to outwit the forces of nature. He stares with expectancy for the coming of the dawn the way a gardener awaits the coming of spring. He looks forward to port as a promised land, and truth for him is what lives in the stars.

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Stars, Spring, Night

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

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Inspirational, Men, Steps

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Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

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Reality, Hanukkah, Belonging

"'Vol de Nuit' ('Night Flight')". Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1931.

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Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?

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Life, Acceptance, Important

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A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us.

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Discovery, Events, Awakening

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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When one is building a ship, one does not begin with gathering timber and cutting planks, but rather by arousing in people the yearning for the great wide sea.

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Cutting, Sea, People

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The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

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Winning, Sky, Tree

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The one thing that matters is the effort.

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Life, Motivational, Best Effort

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To love is not to look at one another: it is to look, together, in the same direction.

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Love, Together, Looks

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If you want to build a ship, teach the men to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

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Men, Sea, Want

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Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals - from common navigation toward a star.

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Spiritual, Stars, Goal

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In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages.

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Messages, Bears, Crowds

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War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

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Travel, War, Adventure

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.

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Heart, Eye, Looks

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Experience will guide us to the rules. You cannot make rules precede practical experience.

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Guides, Practicals, Practical Experience

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He who never says "no" is no true man.

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Men, Refusal, True Man

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To live is to be slowly born.

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Born

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

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Philosophy, Butterfly, Wish

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It's all a great mystery...Look up at the sky and you'll see how everything changes

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Sky, Looks, Mystery

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To be a man is, precisely, 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 world.

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Responsibility, Pride, Men

"'Terre des Hommes' ('Wind, Sand and Stars')". Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Lewis Galantière. Chapter II: "The Men", 1939.

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I have always learned to distinguish the important from the urgent.

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Important, Urgent

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And at night I love to listen to the stars. It is like five hundred million little bells.

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Stars, Night, Bells

Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.110, eKitap Projesi

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We are forever responsible for that which we have tamed.

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Forever, Responsible, Tamed

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Born: June 29, 1900
Died: July 31, 1944
Occupation: Writer
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