He who never says "no" is no true man.

We are prudent people. We are afraid to let go of our petty reality in order to grasp at a great shadow.

What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And they were both silent.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls.

What he had yearned to embrace was not the flesh but a down spirit, a spark, the impalpable angel that inhabits the flesh.

We are forever responsible for that which we have tamed.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.