The fact that human conscience remains partially infantile throughout life is the core of human tragedy.

In America nature is autocratic, saying, "I am not arguing, I am telling you.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.

Play is the most natural method of self-healing that childhood affords.

You've got to learn to accept the law of life, and face the fact that we disintegrate slowly.

The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.

Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu of something better, but what I call their accruing ego identity gains real strength only from wholehearted and consistent recognition of real accomplishment, that is, achievement that has meaning in their culture.