The miracle of children is that we just don’t know how they will change or who they will become.

By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments.

The path of development is a journey of discovery that is clear only in retrospect, and it’s rarely a straight line.

Potential is not an endpoint but a capacity to grow and learn.

You will understand the true spirit neither of science nor of religion unless seeking is placed in the forefront.

I feel playful aggression is important for children because they have to deal with all kinds of anger and aggression in their lives.

The method (of learning Japanese) recommended by experts is to be born as a Japanese baby and raised by a Japanese family, in Japan. And even then it's not easy.

It was the slave's continuing desire for recognition that was the motor which propelled history forward, not the idle complacency and unchanging self-identity of the master

There are realms of life where the concepts of sense and nonsense do not apply.

Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are with you.

You are loved, and your purpose is to love.

I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis.

Complaining about your current position in life is worthless. Have a spine and do something about it instead.

Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.