TThe Little

Prince

Antoine de St. Exupery

Section 1:

PROBLEMS IN LIFE

Section 2:

FINDING YOURSELF

Section 3:

THE HEART OF THE MATTER

Problems

Ch. 1

Adults don’t understand anything important.

What is truly important is imagination.

Problems

Ch. 2

What people can imagine is more satisfying than supplying reality for them.

Problems

Ch. 3

Each human being is as much a mystery to every other as if they were all from different planets.

Problems

Ch. 4

Appearances seem to matter more to people than the substance of a person’s thoughts.

Problems

More Ch. 4

Grownups only believe in facts when they should believe in the mystery of human beings.

Problems

Ch. 5

Destructive forces start out almost invisibly and must be regularly weeded out.

Problems

Ch. 6

There are days in the lives of some people when they need lots of comfort.

Problems

Ch. 7

Even though a loved one may try to protect themselves, there will always be something that can destroy them.

Problems

More Ch. 7

We can’t always reach someone who is lost in a land of sadness, even though we want to.

Problems

Ch. 8

Knowing how to love another requires knowing what to enjoy and what to ignore about them.

Problems

Ch. 9

People aren’t perfect, and silly faults and pretendings can get in the way of a relationship.

Finding Oneself

Ch. 10

Lesson 1: CONTROL

We have no authority over circum-stances. We would do best to wait until conditions are favorable.

Finding Oneself

Ch. 11

Lesson 2: VANITY

Every person demands in a way to be admired, yet it serves no purpose to the admired or to the admirer.

Finding Oneself

Ch. 12

Lesson 3: IGNORANCE

We refuse sometimes to break self-destructive cycles though we know they contribute to our unhappiness.

Finding Oneself

Ch. 13

Lesson 4: OWNERSHIP

Possessing something only has meaning if you care for it and do it good.

Finding Oneself

More Ch. 13

Lesson 4: OWNERSHIP

It is a waste of time to spend time accumulating slips of paper to put into the bank.

Finding Oneself

Ch. 14

Lesson 5: PURPOSE

Take time to enjoy life even though you have demanding and important duties.

Finding Oneself

Ch. 15Lesson 6: LOSSThe things we love in

life are fleeting. A life or relationship can be gone in the blink of an eye, so appreciate it while it lasts.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 16A life is filled with

many struggles and issues: control, vanity, ignorance, ownership, purpose, and loss.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 17If a person gets too

homesick or too confused about life, there is a poisonous option that seduces him.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 18At lonely places and

times in life, people are scarce when you most need to talk to them.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 19When people feel

lost, they try to find their way. They may even yell for help but sometimes there are only echoes of their own cries.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 20When we stumble

across an answer, it may not be what we expected and we may be surprised.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 21What makes a

relationship special is the time you’ve invested in it, not that it is any different from anybody else’s loves.

The Heart of Things

More Ch. 21Once you’ve “tamed”

or gotten to know someone, you’re responsible for that person and you pay the price in tears.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 22No one’s ever

satisfied with their love except the children who are attached to one rag doll.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 23To try to not feel a

thirst for love saves time and trouble, but without this thirst, life is meaningless.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 24Everything in your life

is enhanced by love, even when it is not nearby – your own invisible secret that makes the wheat more golden, the stars brighter.

The Heart of Things

More Ch. 24People are fragile

and must be protected by their loved ones or their light might go out.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 25You can’t understand

the quenching of a thirst until you’ve been lost in the desert. What we search so long for has often been right in front of us.

The Heart of ThingsCh. 26Once the Little Prince

understood what he’d longed for and was foolish enough to leave, he looked for his consolation in leaving his body so that he could be reunited with his flower in the stars.

The Heart of Things

Ch. 27The great and

mysterious question: Were they reunited, or had she been destroyed without him there to protect her? Would the muzzle without a strap protect her?