It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

The magic of the craft has opened for me a world in which I shall confront, within two hours, the black dragons and the crowned crests of a coma of blue lightnings, and when night has fallen I, delivered, shall read my course in the starts.

It's a question of discipline,' the little prince told me later on. 'when you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet. you must be sure you pull up the baobabs regularly, as soon as you can tell them apart from the rosebushes, which they closely resemble when they're very young. It's very tedious work, but very easy.

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it.

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.