At one time I say to myself: "Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very carefully . . ." Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars.

We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the multitude's desire.

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

Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life.

He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious. He who seeks to become sexton of a finished cathedral is already defeated.

Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but - you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies eternity.

A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories.