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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."
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"Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life."
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"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."
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"Don't box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You'll produce either rebels, or very boring people."
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"Every child gets a good mother, but not every mother gets a good child."
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"Parents' transmit their attitude towards education to children via soundless, aphonic messages."
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"Effective parenting requires being the grown up version of what you want your children to be. Why? Because example is the most compelling superpower."
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"Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt."
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"Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John."
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"Always praise your kid even if he/she is unresponsive to learning. By insulting them or constantly criticizing them, you will only push them away and make them feel inadequate around other kids. Have faith that your child's brain is an evolving planet that rotates at its own speed. It will naturally be attracted to or repel certain subjects. Be patient. Just as there are ugly ducklings that turn into beautiful swans, there are rebellious kids and slow learners that turn into serious innovators and hardcore intellectuals."
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"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."
Family
"I'm not saying that I think one man is better than the other. I'm not saying that either is kinder or wiser or more ambitious, more thoughtful, confident, or able. But the fact is that when I'm with the one, comfort settles into my bones. I feel calm around him, as if the sun is smiling down on me and the world has suddenly become a sweet, safe place to be. I feel good about life-about myself. And it's hard not to want to be near someone who, just by their very nature, makes you feel that way."
Emotion
"This day is the most recent set of events to define you. Every day changes your life. Every last one."
Change
"It's good to look at life from the bottom up so you can see that things have risen above what they once were."
Perspective
"I am grateful for the rare opportunities to look at my circumstances from a higher perspective, one detached from the dim outlook I normally insist on seeing. These periodic glimpses show me life's grandeur."
Gratitude
"The sweetest melody that playson starry nights and wintry days,most soothing to my listening earsand calming to beleaguering fears,I call a symphony on air-the song of sweet, still silence rare."
Peace
"Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm, and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves that wreck and sink your boat. Life is a series of storms-overcast skies, fierce winds, and pelting rain. You were meant to be immersed in it all-first to float, then swim, and eventually to walk on water."
Life
"In an unfathomable expanse of universe supporting galaxies of star systems with orbiting planets innumerable, I am nothing. And yet to the few bodies encircling my tiny little spot in the world, I am essential."
Existence
"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."
Strength
"When we all part from this life and gather on the other side, the only thing each of us will have to share is his own story."
Legacy
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