Insight

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings."

-Hodding Carter

"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."

-John W. Whitehead

"When I approach a child, he inspires me in two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become." -Louis Pasteur

"You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them--no matter how old or impressive they may be--as if they are children. For most of us never really grow up or mature all that much--we simply grow taller. O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales." -Leo Rosten

"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance."

-Franklin P. Jones

                        

"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in." - Rachel Carson