We have this enormous connection to the living world that is reflected in our language...

Your brain is not formed when you're born. You have to build your brain.

Language develops by interacting with other people talking to you.

Kids will use their own system at the stage that they are, they're not (learning merely by) imitating you.

Of the top 30 words that parents are calling kids' attention to ('look at the'), 12 are animals.

Different languages cut the world into different slices.

Human beings are able to reflect on their existencefor now that distinguishes us from other creatures.

Literacy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution.

I think people should be brave and take a chance and do what excites them.

When we can't dream any longer we die.

Hurts not transformed are transferred. Let your hurts bring on healing.

A worship of truth can be idolatry if the truth is small enough.

Love is everything it's cracked up to be

There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.

We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.

Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.

Treating other people as you would like to be treated. It is an ancient, universal ethical imperative. And it requires no supernatural beliefs.

The experience of surprise is a sign of one's readiness to grow.