A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his humanhood or is still playing with masks and roles and status symbols. And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.

God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.

Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.

Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.

Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.

The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.

The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.