“There is nothing that can equal the treasure of so many shared memories.”

No one is ever satisfied where he is.

Truths may clash without contradicting each other.

One’s suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields – even to sadness.

What makes the desert beautiful,’ said the little prince, ‘is that somewhere it hides a well.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

A man’s age is something impressive, it sums up his life.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart.

Experience will guide us to the rules. You cannot make rules precede practical experience.

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

To be a socialist means to let the ego serve the neighbour, to sacrifice the self for the whole. In its deepest sense socialism equals service. The individual refrains and the commonwealth demands.

He’ll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.

You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.

We’ll all be equal under the grass, and God’s got a heaven for country trash.

Feminine intuition? Is that what you wanted the robot for? You men. Faced with a woman reaching a correct conclusion and unable to accept the fact that she is your equal or superior in intelligence, you invent something called feminine intuition.

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure.