To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.

Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.

And that heart which was a wild garden was given to him who only loved trim lawns. And the imbecile carried the princess into slavery.

Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world.

I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me.

Prison is not a mere physical horror. It is using a pickaxe to no purpose that makes a prison.