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.

To be a man is to feel that one's own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world.

The injustice of defeat lies in the fact that its most innocent victims are made to look like heartless accomplices. It is impossible to see behind defeat, the sacrifices, the austere performance of duty, the self-discipline and the vigilance that are there - those things the god of battle does not take account of.

I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me.

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.

One only really sees with the heart.

To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.