If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.

Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten read more

What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve read more

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the read more

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all read more

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

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.