Nothing comes of severity if there be no leanings towards a change of heart. And if there be natural leanings towards a change of heart, what need for severity?

You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.

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

A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old man.

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.

I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset.

Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.