The 20th century, the author observes, fostered the idea that fulfillment is possible on Earth.

The author observes the shift now that children are not a source of labor for the family, that they have gone from employees of the parents to the bosses of the parents.

Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves staring at them with nostalgia, wistful for the person they're about to no longer be.

You don't have a good story until something deviates from the expected, " says McAdams. "And raising children leads to some pretty unexpected happenings.

What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion

Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive.

The phrase "having it all" has little to do with having what we want.

Your children are going through life with their eyes closed, so YOU'RE the one who has to steer.

Children live life as a controlled experiment.

Couples with children may argue more, the author suggests, because children are a reminder of just how crucial our choices are.

The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on it harshly

Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is).

I cannot live my life striving only for my own security, I can only feel secure when I see myself useful in other people's life.

Those who say that I am being punished are saying that god can't think of anything more vengeful than cancer for a heavy smoker.

The difference between landscape and landscape is small but there's a great difference in the beholders.

You need to say and do the right things and good things happen to good people.

What you need to learn are basic types of concentration, bringing more energy into your life, plugging up the holes where you lose energy, the basics of self-discovery.

The Behaviorist cannot find consciousness in the test-tube of his science.

My positioning with my investors was always, I need three to five years.

Things start where you don't know and end up where you know. When you know is when you ask, How did this start?