Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness.

Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs.

Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

Why are you drinking? demanded the little prince. "So that I may forget," replied the tippler. "Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who was already sorry for him. "Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head. "Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him. "Ashamed of drinking!

Ephemeral" It means 'which is in danger of speedy disappearance.

You give birth to that on which you fix your mind