Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
Benjamin SpockThe main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.
Benjamin SpockA human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
Benjamin SpockHumans can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet they're potentially more vicious than any other. They are the only ones who can be persuaded to hate millions of their own kind whom they have never seen and to kill as many as they can lay their hands on in the name of their tribe or their God.
Benjamin Spock