When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

Boys and girls need chances to be around their father, to be enjoyed by him and if possible to do things with him. Better to play fifteen minutes enjoyably and then say, 'Now I'm going to read my paper' than to spend all day at the zoo crossly.

Democracy appears to me potentially a higher form of political organization than any kind of dictatorship. But if it turns out that in America, which could afford a decent living for everyone, the comfortable majority is willing to condone the misery and abuse of a minority for an indefinite period, the exploitation by the majority becomes as repugnant as exploitation by an oligarchy, and democracy loses half its supposed superiority.

Don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.

Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.

It's up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.

The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.