Quote of Antoine de Saint-Exupery - It is spirit that rules the...
Biography - Antoine de Saint-Exupery:
French writer, poet, journalist and aviator.
Born: 1900 - Died: 1944
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1900 - Died: 1944
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
It is spirit that rules the world, not intelligence.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about mind:
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Quotes about the world:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
Quotes about intelligence:
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
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