C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful.

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.

How is it possible for one to own the stars?" "To whom do they belong?" the businessman retorted, peevishly. "I don't know. To nobody.

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.

It would have been better to come back at the same hour,” said the fox. “If, for example, you came 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. At four o’clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you . . . One must observe the proper rites . . .

My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.