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

看東西只有用心才能看得清楚，重要的東西用眼睛是看不見的。

One day， I saw the sunset forty-four times！You know——one loves the sunset， when one is so sad.

有一天，我看了44次日落。你知道——特別憂傷的時候，人們就喜歡看日落。

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

因為你為玫瑰花了那么多時間，所以它才變得那么重要。

All grown-ups were once children——although few of them remember it.

所有的大人最初都是孩子，但是很少有大人記得這一點。

Men，set out on their way in express trains， but they do not know what they are looking for. Then they rush about， and get excited， and turn round and round.

人們只顧擠進車里，卻不知道自己在尋找什么。他們手忙腳亂，原地打轉。

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.

我向來很喜歡沙漠。我們坐在沙丘上，什么也看不見，什么也聽不到，然而在靜默中卻有某種東西在發(fā)光。

If you love a flower that lives on a star， it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are abloom with flowers.

如果你喜歡某個星球上的一朵花，夜間仰望天空，你就會覺得很美。所有的星球上都開滿了花。

If you come at four o’clock in the afternoon， then at three o’clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances.

如果你下午4點來，那么從3點開始，我就會感到開心。時間越臨近，我就越快樂。

（時間是我的吧摘自中信出版社《小王子》一書，視覺中國供圖）