Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.

We are divided between those who think with their heads and those who know with their heart. Consider Harriet Miers. If you think about Harriet Miers, of course her nomination is absurd. But the President didn't say he thought about his selection. He said this: "I know her heart." Notice how he said nothing about her brain? He didn't have to. He feels the truth about Harriet Miers.

Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his hear.

We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

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

As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

An ounce of heart knowledge is worth a ton of head learning.

The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart.

Common sense is so very simple but very difficult to grasp.

Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.

The heart yields spontaneity; the mind bends to understanding.

He will see most without who has the best eyes within; and he who only sees with his bodily organs sees but the surface.

I would love to have the ability to see inside everyone's heart before I heard them speak or even saw their faces.

What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.

Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.

The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it.

My heart suspects more than mine eye can see.

Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

Love is wiser than wisdom.

Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.