There is no liberty except the liberty of some one making his way towards something. Such a man can be set free if you will teach him the meaning of thirst, and how to trace a path to a well. Only then will he embark upon a course of action that will not be without significance. You could not liberate a stone if there were no law of gravity - for where will the stone go, once it is quarried?

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

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

When you want to build a ship, then do not drum the men together in order to procure wood, to give instructions or to distribute the work, but teach them longing for the wide endless sea.

Horror causes men to clench their fists, and in horror men join together.

In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.

"What place would you advise me to visit now?" he asked. "The planet Earth," replied the geographer. "It has a good reputation."