Children must master the language of things before they master the language of words.

Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul.

Children are like tiny flowers: They are varied and need care, but each is beautiful alone and glorious when seen in the community of peers.

To learn a thing in life and through doing is much more developing, cultivating, and strengthening than to learn it merely through the verbal communication of ideas.

I shall not dwell in the past...I shall not dread the present...I shall not fear the Future...For as Long as I live...I shall only think of success.

Hope is a fertile soil where flowers blossoms.

Humor is my sword and my shield. It protects me. You can open a door with humor and drive a truck right through.

The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.

I believe poor people are good people, except the ones that are mean . . .

It's very hard to accept that stoning still exists in the world today.

Nothing like seeing the genesis of the relationship between an instrument and a child.

To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face, one must be able to love the meanest of all creation as oneself.

When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost.

The theory of evolution explains to us what our ancestry has been. It does not explain away our worth. Why should we be afraid to learn more about what we are?