A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.

Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.

As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we are different. That may be the most essential message of all, as we help our children grow toward being caring, compassionate, and charitable adults.

The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.

It may take months or years for a wish to come true, but it's far more likely to happen when you care so much about a wish that you'll do all you can to make it happen.

I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest self.

Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.