Love consists of not looking each other in the eye, but of looking outwardly in the same direction.

I am a man raking through ashes, a man struggling to find the embers of life in the bottom of a fireplace.

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

And that heart which was a wild garden was given to him who only loved trim lawns. And the imbecile carried the princess into slavery.

We must only demand that which each individual can give, said the king. The authority rests first on reason.

A smile is often the key thing. One is paid with a smile. One is rewarded with a smile. One is brightened by a smile.

One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. [...] It's the time when you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important. [...] You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose...