But the vain man did not hear him. Vain men never hear anything but praise.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

The only things you learn are the things you tame

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.

When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?

There is hope for every soul to know the spirit.

You must befriend a few skeletons before you'll find your deepest self.

Superficial knowledge breeds arrogance; true knowledge induces humility.

Science is a collaborative enterprise, spanning the generations. When it permits us to see the far side of some new horizon, we remember those who prepared the way - seeing for them also.

Your image is your currency in this world.

Muslims are peace-loving people generally. Among the young, yes, there are some militant attitudes. But a lot of it arises out of chivalry.

When a man makes a woman his wife it's the highest compliment he can pay her – and usually it's the last.

Each and every event in the past is connected to the present by invisible threads.

I'm just a citizen temporarily in public service.