"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it.

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

The only things you learn are the things you tame

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.

An administration, like a machine, does not create. It carries on.

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