The little prince answers that he would very much like to, but he doesn't have much time. He wants to find friends and learn many things. People do not have time anymore to get to know things. They buy everything in stores. But because there are no stores for friends, people do not have friends anymore.
Language is the origin of misunderstanding.
Most everything is invisible to the eyes. People have forgotten this truth, but you must never forget it. For all your life, you are responsible for what you have made familiar. Perhaps we have already nearly reached the end of this progress. In spite of the proliferation of efforts in the field of science, the knowledge produced seems strangely weak and exhausted.