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"That we shall use every discovery of science in the preservation of our children's health goes without saying; but we shall do more than this - we shall give them a free start, not loading them up with our own ideas and experiences, nor advising them to live according to our lights. We were burned in the fire here and there, but - who knows? - fire may not burn our children, and if we warn them away from it they may end by never growing warm. We will not even inflict our cynicism on them as the sentimentality of our fathers was inflicted on us. The most we will do is urge a little doubt, asking that the doubt be exercised on our ideas as well as on all the mortal things in this world."

"We pretend that we know our children, because it's easier than admitting the truth--from the minute that cord is cut, they are strangers. It's far easier to tell yourself your daughter is still a little girl than to see her in a bikini and realize she has the curves of a young woman; it's safer to say you're a good parent who has all the right conversations about drugs and sex than to acknowledge there are a thousand things she would never tell you."

"Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life."

"Disciplining a child is easier than disciplining a grown person, and forgiving a child's insolence is easier than forgiving a grown person's impudence."

"Don't box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You'll produce either rebels, or very boring people."

"Effective parenting requires being the grown up version of what you want your children to be. Why? Because example is the most compelling superpower."

"Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John."
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"The desire to retire early is an evidence of your current state of mind if you continue this way you will 'retire early!!!!!"

"No target is 'easy or difficult' on its own, it depends on who you are, that makes the target look easy or difficult!!!!"

"When you are in action it is very difficult to get a bird's eye view of your own performance! Find some time to introspect."

"If you open your eyes in the morning, it is just another day of opportunity to improve your Life!"

"Every complaint is just another opportunity to learn about the person better. Get curious, not angry!"

"Justification of failure is the most powerful mechanism adopted by the mind to avoid the reflection of Self Failure."

"Acidity' happens when too much of acidic emotion is still suppressed inside, let go of it and the body will respond."

"If we get better with 'Experience' then why doesn't the romance get better and better with every year in most of the marriages?"
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