Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went read more

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to read more

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to the things which you think are important. The fate of humanity is in his or her hand.

We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take read more

We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort