Anyone who has ever been able to sustain good work has had at least one person--and often many--who have believed in him or her. We just don't get to be competent human beings without a lot of different investments from others.

Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.

Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses.

The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.

I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.

I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.

What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more than any one thing. A sick child is much more than his or her sickness. A person with a disability is much, much more than a handicap. A pediatrician is more than a medical doctor. You're MUCH more than your job description or your age or your income or your output.