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.

It is the savor of bread broken with comrades that makes us accept the values of war.

For there is but one problem - the problem of human relations. We forget that there is no hope or joy except in human relations.

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.

Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility.

The flower you single out is a rejection of all other flowers; nevertheless, only on these terms is it beautiful.

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.