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Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness
Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection
Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them
Childhood is the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them
Childhood is the sleep of reason
The training of children is a profession where we must know to lose time in order to gain it
In bringing up a child, think of its old age
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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