Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

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.

A person should not promise to give a child something and then not give it, because in that way the read more

A person should not promise to give a child something and then not give it, because in that way the child learns to lie.

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

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

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, read more

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

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

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

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.