One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.

Of course, I get angry. Of course, I get sad. I have a full range of emotions. I also have a whole smorgasbord of ways of dealing with my feelings. That is what we should give children. Give them ... ways to express their rage without hurting themselves or somebody else. That's what the world needs.

To say that you are being carried is a declaration of enormous faith and hope.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated.

It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.

It is our continuing love for our children that makes us want them to become all they can be, and their continuing love for us that helps them accept healthy discipline--from us and eventually from themselves.