The justice of it seems to children correct and right - I mean, we laugh at it! We underestimate children's ability to know what is a story and what isn't.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.

If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.

Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.

Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.

Mindfulness is not a mechanical process. It is developing a very gentle, kind, and creative awareness to the present moment.

Population when unchecked increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence only increases in an arithmetical ratio.

Creativity is inventing experimenting growing taking risks breaking rules making mistakes and having fun.

We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man.

I love to laugh, I love the joy of life, and I love sharing it.

L’architecture est art de suggestion.

Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.

You train your heart to control your body. That's what you do when you fast.

History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.

In Tel Aviv the weekends last 48 hours. In Jerusalem they last 6 months.