"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
"I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime."
"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."
"I am beginning to understand,"said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me..."
"I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings."
"Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are."