Whenever the child is given the notion that he needs to be entertained, learning comes almost to a halt.

The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.

The child does not begin to fall until she becomes seriously interested in walking, until she actually begins walking. Falling is thus more an indication of learning than a sign of failure.

A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.

The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.

We do not have to get our children to learn; only to allow and encourage them in their learning. We do not have to dictate what they should learn; only to discern and respond to what it is that they are learning. Such responsiveness is at once the most educational and the most loving.

Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves.