I have serious reason to believe that the planet from which the little prince came is the asteroid known as B-612.
This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope. That was by a Turkish astronomer, in 1909.
On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress,
in a great demonstration. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what he said.
Grown-ups are like that...
Fortunately, however, for the reputation of Asteroid B-612, a Turkish dictator made a law that his subjects, under pain of death,
should change to European costume. So in 1920 the astronomer gave his demonstration all over again,
dressed with impressive style and elegance. And this time everybody accepted his report.
If I have told you these details about the asteroid, and made a note of its number for you, it is on account of the grown-ups and their ways.
When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you,
"What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?"
Instead, they demand: "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?"
Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.
If you were to say to the grown-ups: "I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof,"
they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all. You would have to say to them: "I saw a house that cost $20,000."
Then they would exclaim: "Oh, what a pretty house that is!"
為什麼一個東西，當我們不懂得如何鑑賞它的時候，總是先問價錢?
難道貴的就一定高品質，就一定是好東西?
或是已經習慣從價格高低推測物品的優劣。
似乎這都是偏見使然。可怕的刻板印象，一但貼上標籤就一輩子翻不了身，否則就得拼命做到讓別人也能夠認同的地步。
然後那些不在乎的，一笑置之的智者，反而被當成失敗者來看待。覺得他們之所以可以這麼灑脫，不過就是酸葡萄心態。
人呀，是不是真的要藉由踩低別人來突顯自己呢?其實想想，這樣並不會顯得自己比較高尚。
也引申到許多人鍍金的觀念，總覺得背著名校名流大企業的光環，就像天使的翅膀一樣，已經可以逆光讓地上的人都仰視他了。
雖然說的確是有本事很厲害，我也覺得佩服，可是真的有這麼了不起嗎?
學歷高不代表人品也高，學歷高卻能掩飾其人品的低劣。
但願我有一雙可以看清本質的雙眼。不是光看那些條列出來實質的東西，而是直視人心的香格里拉或浮屠地獄。