It's very important, no matter what you may do professionally, to keep alive some of the healthy interests of your youth....

All of us have had the experience of hearing a tune from childhood and having that melody evoke a memory or a feeling. The music we hear...

As my friend the poet Kenneth Koch once said, "You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been!"...

One of life's greatest joys is the comfortable give-and -take of a good friendship. It's a wonderful feeling not only to have a good...

I find out more and more every day how important it is for people to share their memories. 私は、人々が思い出を分け合うことがどれだけ大事かという事を、日々ますます発見しています。

There's the good guy and the bad guy in all of us, but knowing that doesn't ever need to overwhelm us. 世の中には良い人もいれば悪い人もいますが、それが決して我々を圧倒する...

Feelings from childhood - the pleasant and the tough - never go away. They may get hidden, but they're always part of who we are....

All life events are formative. All contribute to what we become, year by year, as we go on growing. 人生のすべての出来事が、年を経るごとに成長していく我々を形作るすべてのもの...

I believe it's a fact of life that what we have is less important than what we make out of what we have. 私たちが何を持っているかは重要じゃなくて、持っているものから何を...

I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger: "I like you just the way you are." 君がもっと小さかった時にいつも言っていたことを伝えたい...

I like to swim, but there are some days I just don't feel much like doing it - but I do it anyway! I know it's good for me and I promised...

Children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortably independent, but can also become comfortable with...

Every human being has value. This is the basis of all healthy relationships. 全ての人に価値がある。これは健全な関係の根幹です。

I do love being a grandfather, and I wonder if it wasn't because my Grandfather McFeely loved me so much, and I had such a good time with...

As I grew, my heroes changed, so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me....

I'm convinced that when we help our children find healthy ways of dealing with their feelings - ways that don't hurt them or anyone else...

Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else. 自分達の出来る範囲で出来ることをするのが、自分達にとっても、他の人にとっても期待される...

Working through disappointment can be a healthy experience for both parents and children. 失意を乗り越えることは、両親にも子供にも良い経験になりうるのです。

You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep...

Nothing can replace the influence of unconditional love in the life of a child. 子供の生活にとって、無償の愛の影響は何ものにも代え難いものです。