The house, the stars, the desert -- what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!

To grasp the meaning of the world of today we use a language created to express the world of yesterday. The life of the past seems to us nearer our true natures, but only for the reason that it is nearer our language.

"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?

If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.

The flower you single out is a rejection of all other flowers; nevertheless, only on these terms is it beautiful.

We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself.