Some important lines from this all time classic:
1. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves and it is rather tedious for children to have to explain things to them time and again.
2. I had been discouraged by grown-ups in my career as a painter when I was six years old and I hadn't learnt to draw anything with the exception of Boas from the outside and inside.
3. Grown-ups love figures. When you talk to them about a new friend, they never ask questions about essential matters. They never say to you: what does his voice sound like? what games does he prefer? does he collect butterflies? They ask you: How old is he? How many brothers does he have? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father earn? It is only then they feel they know him?
4. If I ordered a general, said the king, "to change himself into a sea-bird and if the general did not obey, it wouldn't be the generals fault. It would be my fault for ordering him to do the impossible."
5. Now here is my secret said the fox. It is very simple. It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. 'What is essential is invisible to the eye' - repeated the little prince.
How do these lines impact you? What do you make out of these words. What is it that is essential that cannot be seen by the eye?
One more book that I re-read after a long long time. It definitely reminded me to awaken the child within me, to understand what my children are saying and to see through my heart.
Originally posted on Facebook on 18 March 2020
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