Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not read more

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most read more

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at read more

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found read more

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.

About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.