Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something?

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

I'll look as if I'm dead, and that won't be true.' I said nothing. 'You understand. It's too far. I can't take this body with me. It's too heavy.' I said nothing. 'But it'll be like an old abandoned shell. There's nothing sad about an old shell...' I said nothing. 'It'll be nice, you know. I'll be looking at the stars, too. All the stars will be wells with a rusty pulley. All the stars will pour out water for me to drink...' I said nothing. 'And it'll be fun! You'll have five-hundred million little bells; I'll have five-hundred million springs of fresh water...' And he, too, said nothing more.

The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.

It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal.

Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.