Doubt Is The Brother Of Shame.

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.

In The Evaluation Of The Dominant Moods Of Any Historical Period It Is Important To Hold Fast To The Fact That There Are Always Islands Of Self-sufficient Order — On Farms And In Castles, In Homes, Studies, And Cloisters — Where Sensible People Manage To Live Relatively Lusty And Decent Lives: As Moral As They Must Be, As Free As They May Be, And As Masterly As They Can Be. If We Only Knew It, This Elusive Arrangement Is Happiness.

Children Cannot Be Fooled By Empty Praise And Condescending Encouragement. They May Have To Accept Artificial Bolstering Of Their Self-esteem In Lieu Of Something Better, But What I Call Their Accruing Ego Identity Gains Real Strength Only From Wholehearted And Consistent Recognition Of Real Accomplishment, That Is, Achievement That Has Meaning In Their Culture.

The Fact That Human Conscience Remains Partially Infantile Throughout Life Is The Core Of Human Tragedy.

In The Social Jungle Of Human Existence, There Is No Feeling Of Being Alive Without A Sense Of Identity.