Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry.

Language is the source of misunderstandings.

Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree.

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility.

People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for... They don't find it," I answered. And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..." Of course," I answered. And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.