Children have very deep feelings just the way parents do, just the way everybody does. 子供たちは親のすること、皆のすることそのままを強く心に刻みます。

小学生の時に読んだのですが、「世界名作劇場」で見ていたアニメも印象に残っています。アメリカから買って帰ってきてずっと積ん読していましたが、やっと1巻読み終わりました。久しぶりにワクワクしながら楽しい小説を読めました。最後の方は涙、涙でしたけど。...

Fifty years from now, I trust that you'll look back over your journey and recognize the blessings - great and small - which helped to...

We all grow best and learn best in the presence of somebody who cares about us. 我々は我々を気にかけてくれる誰かの存在の元、良く育ち、良く学ぶのです。

When a person becomes a parent, he or she will not only live through the experiences of their new child but will relive many of the...

We don't always succeed in what we try - certainly not by the world's standards - but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep...

Although children's "outsides" may have changed a lot, their inner needs have remained very much the same. Society seems to be pushing...

Life is marked by failures and setbacks and slipups, as much as by hard-won satisfactions and sudden discoveries of unexpected strength....

Providing a framework doesn't take away children's individuality. In fact, structure generally helps them to be more free because it...

None of us is exactly like anyone else, but one thing we have in common is our humanity, our very natural, understandable desire to know...

Let your imagination help you to know the truth about your identity. 自分自身の正体を知るために、想像力を使いましょう。

Childhood isn't just something we "get through." It's a big journey, and it's one we've all taken. Most likely, though, we've forgotten...

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...