The Little Prince

1. "Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over again."-pg3
The quote discerns the difference between Child's innocence and Adult's maturity. Adult's too realistic pattern of life makes them unable to understand children.  I agree that adults should also accept child innocence rather than living in only realistic society.  Child's innocence is pure and comfortable that adults need to seek for.


2".Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: "What does his voice sound like?" "What games does he like best?" "Does he collect butterflies?". They ask: "How old is he?" "How many brothers does he have?" "How much does he weigh?" "How much money does his father make?" Only then do they think they know him." pg15
This quote also criticizes the number oriented society.  I definitely agree that majority of adults judges and thinks everything in numbers rather than seeing through mind.  The realistic view toward the society made adults to concern numbers more than judging itself.


3."That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man." -pg44
The king's quote makes me to realize how I need not know myself.  I think nobody truly understands himself or herself thorough.  If they do, they must be truly mature. Understanding and recognizing one's true identity is hard task that has to be faced in one's life.  As king says, judging oneself is perplexed and difficult process to go through. 


4."One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes." -pg83
The quote emphasizes the importance of invisible things such as moral values, ethic values, emotions and other humanized qualities.  Differed from adults, children have tendencies to look at invisible things especially through heart.  Rather than judging and believing something in direct way, it is also essential to consider the invisible values indispensable qualities.

5."Language is the source of misunderstandings." -pg79
 Language can help understanding unknown by explaining directly.  However, the invisible things can not be understood through the words.  Such those invisible qualities can be only understood by heart not by mouth.  Moreover, using words can also lead to the misunderstanding unintentionally.  Fox's comment also indicates the importance of  acting and thinking rather than speaking.