“It is our duty to remember at all times and anew that medicine is not only a science, but also the art of letting our own individuality interact with the individuality of the patient.”
“Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.”
"Man's progress is but a gradual discovery that his questions have no meaning."
“Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.”
"So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you . . ." Yes, that is so," said the fox. But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince. Yes, that is so," said the fox. Then it has done you no good at all!" It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields."
"Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something?"
“Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.”
“That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.”
"You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, 'What they could do, I can do.'"
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
“Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice”
"When one is building a ship, one does not begin with gathering timber and cutting planks, but rather by arousing in people the yearning for the great wide sea."
“Each act of unfaithfulness toward our inner being is a blot on our souls. If we continue to be unfaithful, our souls are eventually torn apart and we slowly bleed to death.”
“It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else.”
“I decided that I would make my life my argument.”
"He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious. He who seeks to become sexton of a finished cathedral is already defeated."
“The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by experience what physical pain and bodily anguish mean, belong together all the world over; they are united by a secret bond.”
"Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence."
“Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.”
"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."
“Soldiers' graves are the greatest preachers of peace.”
"I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed."
"A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old man."
"We don’t ask to be eternal beings. We only ask that things do not lose all their meaning."
