People have forgotten this truth, " the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.

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'?

To believe in God is to be bold.

A hero is not only a brave individual, but a brave individual that dares to be different.

Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters.

When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the cross, and on the God of the cross, than on the suffering itself.

Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.

Even trees understand me! Good heavens, I lie under them, too, don't I? I'm just like a pile of leaves.

Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.

Jews are a singular confusion — difficult to define, awkward to describe, impossible to understand. All the virtues, all the vices, every pleasure, every pain — nothing is spared them.

No one is loved as much as you by the people. Don't waste that power.

I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won't be a problem, but an asset.