Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.

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.

Yes, if the stones that we walked on could talk, they would surely tell our story.

but at the end of the day, who I come home to, who I share my accomplishments with is what makes the struggle worth it

I get all fired up about aging in America.

Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood?

I've always been very, very supportive of fan cultures. I'm a fan of all kinds of things.

The reason why we're not happy is because we believe consciously and subconsciously that we're separate from god, eternal awareness.

The superiority of the Greeks seems not so much the result of climate and society, as of the simplicity of their end and the uniformity of their means.

Learn not to add too many features right away, and get the core idea built and tested.

Imagination is so much harder to face than reality.

All creatures are great and small.