10 life lessons from The Little Prince

Have you ever read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery? Perhaps when you leafed through the pages you were children and now more than the real events of the protagonist remember above all some of the most famous phrases taken from this book. The Little Prince contains unexpected life lessons that are aimed precisely at us adults.





Have you ever read The little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery? Perhaps when you leafed through the pages you were children and now more than the real events of the protagonist remember above all some of the most famous phrases taken from this book. The Little Prince contains unexpected life lessons that are aimed precisely at us adults.

Indeed, despite the wealth of illustrations, The Little Prince it is not just a children's book. In the case of this story, as of other books, in fact we can find different messages within it depending on the age or the moment we approach reading.

Here are some of life lessons that we can learn if we reread The Little Prince now that we are adults. The Little Prince may still have something important to teach us even though we are no longer children.

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What is essential is invisible to the eye

'One sees only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye'. Here is the best-known quote we can draw from this book, but what does it really mean? We can interpret it like this: the true beauty of people it resides in what they keep secret inside. It is the hidden things that make them truly special, those things that are not immediate and not even easy to reach and that we can really discover only if we want to deepen the relationship with a specific person and if we commit ourselves to be friends with them.

10 life lessons from The Little Prince

We are responsible for what we tame

Relationships with others do not come out of nowhere. We are responsible for what we tame. If we create the good habit of meeting a person on a certain day and always at that time, we try not to disappoint them and not to betray their expectations. Friendship and love always carry with them the need for take responsibility.



10 life lessons from The Little Prince

Appearances can deceive us

Things are not always what they seem. Our perceptions may not correspond to reality. Just because an object or situation appears a certain way doesn't necessarily mean it is. Hence the importance of constant study, of search and the desire for knowledge expansion.

10 life lessons from The Little Prince

Actions are more important than words

In relating to others and in dealing with them we should give more importance to actions instead of words. In fact, words spoken aloud are fleeting and are sometimes spoken without thinking too much. Actions, on the other hand, are concrete, have lasting effects and reveal what people really have in their hearts.

10 life lessons from The Little Prince

Details are crucial

In a racing world, we risk missing out on details. Better to observe a situation from afar and then get closer to discover all the secrets of him, without stopping only at the general picture. It is the small details that can distinguish the design of a hat from that of a boa. Learn more e pay attention to the details it protects us from illusions.

10 life lessons from The Little Prince

We first know ourselves

At some point in history, the little prince meets a geographer who refuses to explore his world because he is too busy researching faraway places. We risk falling into the trap of looking elsewhere - and therefore not finding - what is already present within us. This is why it is important know yourself first to then confront himself with others and with the world.

10 life lessons from The Little Prince

Time is the basis of friendship

'It is the time you dedicated to your rose that made it so important,' explains the fox to the little prince. IS the time we dedicate to others to help us create a true bond with them. Men no longer have time to know anything. They buy already made things from the merchants. But since there are no merchants of friends, men no longer have friends.



10 life lessons from The Little Prince

We are made of relationships

Each of us is unique in the world and many aspects that represent who we are are determined by our relationships with others. Each of us loves and is loved by different people, has different friends and tastes. Each person must be respected in their uniqueness, in their desire for company or solitude.

10 life lessons from The Little Prince

We need to express our feelings

Keep hidden our feelings or denying them can become really harmful to ourselves. When the little prince decides to leave to explore new planets, the rose says she doesn't need him and she declares herself self-sufficient. The little prince then abandons her because at that moment he did not understand that the rose was lying and that those words hid a request for help from her. Better to speak out.

10 life lessons from The Little Prince

Freedom is the greatest gift

We would always like to have the people we love close to us but for their sake we must learn to let them free. Sometimes we have to letting people go because keeping them with us would mean trapping them. Letting them go can be the greatest display of love for them. That's why at the end of the story the pilot and narrator allows the little prince to leave the Earth and return to his planet.

10 life lessons from The Little Prince

Marta Albè

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