People have said, "You've turned your back on pediatrics." I said, "No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics."

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.

Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.

The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.

A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.

Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.

Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

Death is not the endDeath can never be the end.Death is the road.Life is the traveller.The Soul is the Guide...Our mind thinks of death.Our heart thinks of lifeOur soul thinks of Immortality

Love … It’s a nice little trick if you can find it.We had found it.But now I knew finding love and holding on to it were not the same thing.

I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time.

No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.

I didn't work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that's what I'd be doing later.

Make the practices like games and the games like practices.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

I've forgotten lines all the time. Sometimes I switch verses in a song. It's just hard not to when you're doing the same thing all the time.

I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form.

"Slightly lower than the angels" is a whole lot better than slightly higher than the apes. Let's get the order straight. God, angelic beings, man, animals, and vegetables.