[I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely to grow into adults who can find these resources within themselves later on. (from the introduction)

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.

I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.

All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.

There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

The purpose of life is to listen - to yourself, to your neighbor, to your world and to God and, when the time comes, to respond in as helpful a way as you can find ... from within and without.

We all have only one life to live on Earth, and through television we have the choice of encouraging others to demean this life or to cherish it in creative, imaginative ways.