A wise parent humors the desire for independent action so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Help
Hold up to him his better self his real self that can dare and do and win out. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
The manager cannot share his power with division superintendent or foreman or workman but he can give them opportunities for developing their power.
Once you wake up thought in a man you can never put it to sleep again.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
To know one's self is wisdom but to know one's neighbor is genius.
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
There are no little events in life those we think of no consequence may be full of fate and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered...
I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important and with that in mind I regard everyone as special.
The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human beings from one another.
The sexes in each species of beings . . . are always true equivalents-equals but not identicals.
To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.
Like snowflakes the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action.
Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important that I matter!
The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of individual lives.
Connected knowers do not measure other people's words by some impersonal standard. Their purpose is not to judge but to understand.
Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom security and the enjoyment of opportunity.
Unless one's philosophy is all-inclusive nothing can be understood.
The motto should not be: Forgive one another rather understand one another.
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