Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction.
Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.'
Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
