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

You can actively flee, then, and you can actively stay put.

Mans true taproots are nourished in the sequence of generations, and he loses his taproots in disrupted developmental time, not in abandoned localities.

Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.

The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play.

When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems. You can also see what's wrong. Young children, especially, have enormous creativity, and whatever's in them rises to the surface in free play.