“A human mind was built for contact with similar minds. It should,in fact,it must think about what is going on around it; for, if it is shut up in a thick, dark, bony box of a skull, it will always ...”

“As you turn into a daddy, soon now, youll find that, on marrying, a man and woman start actually living.”

“But that did no harm, and a sad young mind found a way to match things up with an antagonist. Now, just stand a child up against your body. How tall is it? Possibly only up to your hip. Still, a ma...”

“All that did a big lot toward showing Youth that this big world is not half bad, if adults will but watch, aid, and coach. And I will not stand anybodys snapping at a child! Particularly a tiny tot...”

“Now this is a most satisfactory and important thing to think about, for brutality will not,cannot,accomplish what a kindly disposition will; and, if folks could only know how quickly a balky child ...”

“If you would only stop rating a childs ability by your own; and try to find out just what ability a child has, our young folks throughout this big world would show a surprisingly willing dispositio...”

“Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors [and then] retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper.”

“In an era of globalization, we recognize that we are part of a global society, but we have no idea how to make such a society work. So far, no unified vision or leadership has emerged to guide us i...”

“It is with eight lengthy legs we use to catch food, balance and knit a beautiful silk bed,but as babies we had lost our bones and skin, and hence our legs we had shed.”

“That was just grand, John, but I was thinking along a path varying a bit from that. You know that Mans brain is actually all of him. All parts of his body, as you follow down from his brain, act si...”

“But you know that any showing of such an innovation is apt to start gossip. Just why, I dont know. It, though, is a trait of Mankind only. Animals dont bloom out so abruptly. You can hunt through B...”

“Youth, if adults will only admit that it has any brains at all, will stand out, today, in a most promising light. Philosophically, Youth is Wisdom in formation, and with many thoughts startling to ...”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”