the highest priority for any government concerned with its own future and the peace of the world community ought to be the facilities it provides for the care and nurturance of young children.

Someone once said that middle age is like rereading a book that you haven't read since you were a callow youth. The first time around you were dazzled by impressions, emotions, and tended to miss the finer points. In middle age you have the equipment to see the subtleties you missed before and you savor it more slowly.

Once we are truly for ourselves, it becomes possible to care far more profoundly about other people.

Although there are real hazards in saying yes to life, they are inconsequential when compared to the regrets that come with saying "no".

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

If you are a parent it helps if you are a grown-up.

All important progress made by the human race has its roots in daydreaming.