But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people 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.

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'?

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 fool believes that the society of the future will transcend the laws of economics. A person of reason hopes that it will finally learn to respect them.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

I think there are some things in music that work and don't work. That's learned from counterpoint and rhythm and theory, and they don't work if you don't want them to work.

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.

You learn the most when you’re out on the edge.

The #1 reasons are unsuccessful is their inability to lead themselves.

We are not saved by denying self, or taking up our cross, or doing anything else, we are saved by simply believing in Jesus.

I once heard a preacher who sorely tempted me to go to church no more.

Justification and regeneration are simultaneous. The pardoned sinner becomes a child of God in justification.