Only if a child feels right can he think right.

To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise we are, we cannot be right for any length of time in our teenagers' eyes.

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.

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

To be himself, one neeeds to be free from the pressure of evaluative praise

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

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