You can actively flee, then, and you can actively stay put.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.

In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.

The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play.

There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding.

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom.

The sense of identity provides the ability to experience one's self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act accordingly.

Play is the most natural method of self-healing that childhood affords.

The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.

The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.

But you became self-aware. Somehow, you began to hear the Narrator’s voice. You realised that you were a character in a story. You tried to fight. These actions have disrupted the flow of fiction.

Damn, I really want to kiss you.

If she hasn't learned to appreciate my sterling character and spectacular good looks by this time, it's not likely she will.

One’s capacity for hearing about ghastly doings lessens with age.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

Vermont is a small state which makes an enormous difference.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

I'm not too big on moisturisers and fancy skin products. I keep my grooming regime nice and simple.

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.