"Parents who engage in this kind of [conscious] parenting understand the power of being present being mindful to take the time to build connection understanding that this foundation is the bedrock of all later self-worth, self-esteem and self-actualization."

“Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing.”

Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.

“I am never one to disappoint. When I decided to invest I decided to bring the club forward. I am ready bring new ideas, vision and investment to the club.”

“To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”

“My mother was a Bible student, and when I was a youngster, both my mother and father would say, 'If people would only live by the Golden Rule, there wouldn't be the problems that there are.' In other words, 'treat people the way you want to be treated.' If somebody mistreats you, two wrongs won't make a right.”

“Protecting dozens of major coastal cities from future flooding will be challenging enough-rebuilding major coastal cities destroyed by super-hurricanes will be an almost impossible task.”

Source : Joseph J. Romm (2007). “Hell and high water: global warming - the solution and the politics - and what we should do”, William Morrow & Co

“The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the first spiritual experience.”

“In acute suffering the need for meaning is as strong or stronger than the need for happiness.”

Source : Peter L. Berger (1969). “The sacred canopy: elements of a sociological theory of religion”

“The Moral is that gardeners pine, Whene'er no pods adorn the vine. Of all sad words experience gleans, The saddest are: It might have beans.”

Source : Guy Wetmore Carryl (1902). “Grimm tales made gay”, Irvington Pub