Man does not see reality as it is, but only as he perceives it, and his perception may be mistaken or biased.

We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential that we prepare them for it.

A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.

Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams.

We can change our whole life and the attitude of people around us simply by changing ourselves.

A misbehaving child, is a discouraged child

Whoever alters a person's expectations changes his behavior.

Children need encouragement like plants need water

A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious union.

The complaints which anyone voices against his mate indicate exactly the qualities which stimulated attraction before marriage.

The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It only indicates fear of not being able to hold another person.

While sitting in the darkness in complete silence, I never realized how much there was to see and hear. There is sight and sound in darkness and silence. Learn to look and listen.

Love is when you can completely trust one another, you feel like you can conquer the world together, you know that person will be there for you, and most importantly, you make each other laugh.

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.

I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.

Nor will I be using any imagery that mocks Jesus Christ.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

I find it difficult to say, like "which child do you prefer the most", and its a sort of surface choice. I've never known how to quite answer that one adequately.

Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself - have the compassion to forgive others, and the courage to forgive yourself.

We're nothing without science. Nothing.

It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.