When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.

Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.

Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.

Parenthood is an endless series of small events, periodic conflicts, and sudden crises which call for a response. The response is not without consequence: it affects personality for better or for worse.

Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.

If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.