"The first four years of life are more important in the developing of a functioning human being than the first four years of college."
"The world is not always a kind place. That's something all children learn for themselves, whether we want them to or not, but it's something they really need our help to understand."
"You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable."
"There's a generous current in the American spirit. And if we can simply give voice to that once in a while, I think it's a good message."
"In the eternal scheme of things, this evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of."
"If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."
"What really matters is whether the alphabet is used for the declaration of war or for the description of a sunrise."
"I love whimsy, donít you? If youíre going to be working for children, you need to do your best not to lose your childlikeness ... it's wonderful to be able to just be yourself."
"I feel the greatest gift you can give anyone is your honest self. It's the only unique gift anyone can give."
"All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me."
"At the center of the universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person."
"I have a very modulated way of dealing with my anger. I have always tried to understand the other person and invariably I've discovered that somebody who rubs you the wrong way has been rubbed the wrong way many times."
"Of course, I get angry. Of course, I get sad. I have a full range of emotions. I also have a whole smorgasbord of ways of dealing with my feelings. That is what we should give children. Give them ... ways to express their rage without hurting themselves or somebody else. That's what the world needs."
"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."
"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes."
"I have a very modulated way of dealing with my anger. I have always tried to understand the other person and invariably I've discovered that somebody who rubs you the wrong way has been rubbed the wrong way many times."
"At the center of the universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person."
"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."
"What really matters is whether the alphabet is used for the declaration of war or for the description of a sunrise."
"All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me."
"I love whimsy, donít you? If youíre going to be working for children, you need to do your best not to lose your childlikeness ... it's wonderful to be able to just be yourself."
"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes."
"Of course, I get angry. Of course, I get sad. I have a full range of emotions. I also have a whole smorgasbord of ways of dealing with my feelings. That is what we should give children. Give them ... ways to express their rage without hurting themselves or somebody else. That's what the world needs."
"There's a generous current in the American spirit. And if we can simply give voice to that once in a while, I think it's a good message."
"If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."