Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.

The more we idealize the past and refuse to acknowledge our childhood sufferings, the more we pass them on unconsciously to the next generation.

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.

What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.

Disrespect is the weapon of the weak

All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection

Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to the facts.

We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people.

Light existed all along. Of course it did. Who says it didn't because I couldn't see it?

I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies.

You read what Disraeli had to say. I don't remember what he said. He said something. He's no longer with us.

Perhaps despair is the only human sin.

Some people believe they are winners, others believe they are losers. And they are both right.

That's generally true of people who drop bombs from high altitudes. You don't know what's going on below. You don't see the human consequences of what you're doing.

We want to understand what works here rather than what worked at any other organization.

None of you has ever failed. School may have failed you. Goodbye to failure, children. Welcome to success.

Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.

The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made.