The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.

If you want to build a ship, teach the men to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

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

He who is different from me does not impoverish me - he enriches me. Our unity is constituted in something higher than ourselves - in Man... For no man seeks to hear his own echo, or to find his reflection in the glass.

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

GOOD MORNING," said the little prince. "Good Morning," said the salesclerk. This was a salesclerk who sold pills invented to quench thirst. Swallow one a week and you no longer feel any need to drink. "Why do you sell these pills?" "They save so much time," the salesclerk said. "Experts have calculated that you can save fifty-three minutes a week." "And what do you do with those fifty-three minutes?" "Whatever you like." "If I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked," the little prince said to himself, "I'd walk very slowly toward a water fountain.