It is only with the heart that one can see rightly what is essential is invisible to the eye.

All the stars are a riot of flowers.

What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'.

No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then, as in a vertigo, blunder upon blunder lures him.

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