"We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people."

-- Alice Miller

#Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Learning Quotes

“The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.”
“Do one of three things. One, go and find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start bombing -- but this will only swing people to the right. Three, learn a lesson. Go home, organize, build power and at the next convention, you be the delegates.”
“One of the troubles is this: the heart isn't heart-shaped.”
“The Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, the raising of Lazarus, even the Old Testament miracles, all are freely used for religious propaganda, and they are very effective with an audience of unsophisticates and children”
“I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.”
“The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.”
“None shall take advantage of his own wrong.”
“The human race has to be bad at psychology; if it were not, it would understand why it is bad at everything else.”

Source : Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

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