If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.

But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

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

The strong are strengthened by reverses; the trouble is that the true meaning of events scores next to nothing in the match we play with men. Appearances decide our gains or losses and the points are trumpery. And a mere semblance of defeat may hopelessly checkmate us.

I am looking for friends. What does that mean - tame?" "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "To establish ties?" "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.