The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them

What cannot be talked about cannot be put to rest. And if it is not, the wounds will fester from generation to generation.

The parent must not give in to his desire to try to create the child he would like to have, but rather help the child to develop--in his own good time--to the fullest, into what he wishes to be and can be, in line with his natural endowment and as the consequence of his unique life in history.

The question for the child is not Do I want to be good? but Whom do I want to be like?

Play reaches the habits most needed for intellectual growth.

Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.

No longer can we be satisfied with a life where the heart has its reasons which reason cannot know. Our hearts must know the world of reason, and reason must be guided by an informed heart.