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.

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.

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'?

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.

If you begin to rely upon yourself and become arrogant in your skill, that is the day you will fall.

...when we cease asking questions, when we stop being self-critical, and when we no longer engage with others, then we surrender our ability to grow--to progress. Let's begin the conversation.

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.

Companies typically borrow money at less than their return on equity and therefore compound their return at the expense of lenders.

Any time you have an individual who is very confident in their abilities to persuade, there can be a rude awakening under cross-examination.

I’ve learned that fear is simply an illusion based on past experiences that we project into the present and onto the future.

Do what's right, first. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to do the right thing first.

Fashion's recognized as a business now, but it was something that was almost underground when I started.

Now, we are selling over 5 million songs a day now. Isn't that unbelievable? That's 58 songs every second of every minute of every hour of every day.