The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists.

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'?

Love and truth are intimately connected. You cannot have pure love without pure truth and you cannot have pure truth without pure love.

Um, she'll take your number if you're single

People acceptin' me for me, people lovin' my music was big for me.

Good is that darkening of our lives, Which only God can brighten; But better still that hopeless load, Which none but God can lighten.

Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it's not arrogant.

How easy it is to forget grudges when someone has something you need.

We are firmly convinced that private capital, Chinese as well as foreign, must be given liberal opportunities for broad development in postwar China; for China needs industrial growth.

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age.

Though man or angel judge my life and read it like an open scroll, And weigh my heart, I have judge more just than any—my own soul.