How many times you are told by elders that what you think is unrealistic and laughed upon it too sometimes? and how many times had you allowed the grown-ups to take control of your life? The self doubt and grown-ups realistic approach to the life has ruined many dreams.
But what if with self doubt and some courage you decide to follow your dreams, the world would be happy place! As a child your each and every dream seemed possible what happened when you grew up? The grown ups have convinced you that it is not realistic but what if it is possible. And how do you know that? by taking that first step, by choosing that journey, by trying, by trusting and by keep going.
The world is filled with so many examples who chose to listen to their heart and succeed. You will find those people near you too and that does not mean they have not encountered any difficulties but they chose to rise above it and kept going forward. Those difficulties are the lessons needed to grow. Whether it is a relationship, your work or your passion, you need to have patience.
The disclaimer for this book is, if you are very realistic person who lives in the “Real World”, I am sorry you won’t understand anything about this book, this book is not for you. This book is for the person who has managed to keep that little child alive in his heart and still believes in his dreams he used to believe as a child. This book is for all those who love to see the stars, who love the sky, the sunrise and the sunset, who try to find unicorn in the clouds, and whose imagination is not limited to the “Real World”.
I have heard about this book from very well known authors in their “must read book list” and that’s how I got this book. This book is the fourth-most translated book in the world, that made me more curious to read this book. And I am happy to find out by this that so many people in this world have successfully managed to keep that little child alive in their heart.
About Author
Antoine De Saint- Exupery was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France’s highest literary awards and also won the United States National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight. He is declared as Mort pour la France and therefore his works are protected by copyright in France for an additional 30 years (until January 1, 2045) in addition to the usual life+70 years’ term.
Antoine considered himself a pilot above all else. For twenty years, he flew everything from cartography missions to commercial airlines, and flying occupied a significant place in his philosophical essays and fantasy writings, search for wisdom and meaning of life.
About Book
This book is about the pilot (the author) who crashed his airplane in the Sahara Desert and met The Little Prince there who is from another planet. This is a fictional story which gives you the wisdom and the deep meaning about love, loss, and friendship, only condition is that, to understand this story you have to awake the little child in you. The Little Prince shares his experiences about travelling to different planets and encountering different people.
The author has very interestingly carved this story. The way he has told this story is in the form of child’s perspective whose mind is not limited like grown ups. From this book, the grown ups will learn to open up his mind and not putting any boundaries. This is a beautiful, sublime work of art by the author. Not everyone can tell the story the way he did. The message is simple, clear and understandable. Get this book for your collection, you would love to read and re-read it.
Quoting my Favorite lines from the book.
“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.”
“I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved anyone. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: ‘I am busy with matter of consequences!’ And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man – he is a mushroom!”
“It is such a secret place, the land of tears.”
“It was only in the full radiance of her beauty that she wished to appear.”
“Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
“When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.”
“It is also lonely among men.”
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.”
“Men, set out on their way in express trains, but they do not know what they are looking for. Then they rush about and get excited, and turn round and round. It is not worth the trouble.”
“All men have the stars, but they are not same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them.”
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