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 . . .

I am who I am and I have the need to be.

Experience will guide us to the rules. You cannot make rules precede practical experience.

Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself.

It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may.

We don’t ask to be eternal beings. We only ask that things do not lose all their meaning.

Intelligence is not creative; judgment is not creative. If a sculptor is nothing but skill and mind, his hands will be without genius.