War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.

Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree.

I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

But if you tame me, my life will be filled with sunshine. I'll know the sound of footsteps that will be different from all the rest. Others send me back underground. Yours will call me out of my burrow like music.

Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away.

It's a question of discipline,' the little prince told me later on. 'when you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet. you must be sure you pull up the baobabs regularly, as soon as you can tell them apart from the rosebushes, which they closely resemble when they're very young. It's very tedious work, but very easy.