We all wanted babies - but did any of us want children?

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

A child can live with anything as long as he or she is told the truth and is allowed to share with loved ones the natural feelings people have when they are suffering.

Once we are truly for ourselves, it becomes possible to care far more profoundly about other people.

Depression occurs when you are not being yourself. You're probably doing things you don't want to do.

Anxiety checks learning. A feeling of well being and respect stimulates an alert mind.

All important progress made by the human race has its roots in daydreaming.

Until every individual feels personally responsible for the careful planning and the preservation of natural resources, the inexorable destruction will go on.

If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is not having a second chance at parenthood!

Although there are real hazards in saying yes to life, they are inconsequential when compared to the regrets that come with saying "no".

Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology

He's six-foot two, brave as a lion, strong as an ox and quick as lightning. If he was good looking, you'd say he has everything.

Victims always feel alone and helpless.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

I've done four movies. I've done seven albums. So I feel like music has always been a part of my life; acting is something I'm learning.

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

It takes falling down a bunch of times before you start running.

I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.

Guess what? By virtue of being American, you are not innocent.