Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it.

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate.