Chapter 2 of Tao Te Ching

I really enjoyed this chapter, but I was not able to interact as much as I wish I could have in the class discussion. This chapter tells us how we create things in life without even thinking about it. My favorite part was when it says, "Calling something "good" forces you to call some other things "evil." I like this, because it applies to everyone everyday. If instead of labeling things as good and bad, we just take everything as a normal part of life. This way we would never see the bad, but we would also not see the good. This is a theory that I know I could not live by, but it is interesting to think about.

5 Quotes from The Little Prince

"Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." I like this quote, because it gives a look into a child's perspective. While people might think adults get bothered with trying to pry information from children, it is actually the children that are bothered that the adults do not get what they are saying.

"I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them." This quote is a lot like the first one, but it kind of has a dark feeling to it. It has that, because while he does not like how adults act with children, it is inevitable that he will become an adult one day.

"To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures…" This quote makes me think of my friends and the relationships I have with them and how I will never forget them. In the quote, it is said that adults are only concerned with figures, which it may seem like to children, but it is not always true.

“Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful.” This quote is very simple. It is saying that, in life, one must endure hardships and bad times to reach beauty or satisfaction.

“What makes the desert beautiful,” said the little prince, “is that somewhere it hides a well…” I really like this quote, because it shows the innocence of children. They think some very strange and funny thoughts that are usually not logical. However, this quote can mean that no matter how much one will search, they will never find what they really want.