A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes read more

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care.

I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care.

things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.

things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction read more

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.

Freeze-Frame -Doc Childre.

Freeze-Frame -Doc Childre.

Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, read more

Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.

Our children's children will hear a good story.

Our children's children will hear a good story.

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.