Fathers represent another way of looking at life - the possibility of an alternative dialogue.

The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.

Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.

It didn't take elaborate experiments to deduce that an infant would die from want of food. But it took centuries to figure out that infants can and do perish from want of love.

In every adult human there still lives a helpless child who is afraid of aloneness.... This would be so even if there were a possibility for perfect babies and perfect mothers.

Adolescents are the bearers of cultural renewal, those cycles of generation and regeneration that link our limited individual destinies with the destiny of the species.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.

I've said for years to wives and mothers, you must start to see yourself as Sarah Connor. You must equip your children with the information they need to survive an ever-changing world.

Western audiences can gain an impression of China from my films. This is an excellent channel for promoting China's culture.

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living.

Mexican food is one of the best culinary experiences that people can have.