Brown Bear, Brown Bear was kind of my first important book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story is about hope. You, like the little caterpillar, will grow up, unfold your wings and fly off into the future

Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don't forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets.

We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.

One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and... he was a beautiful butterfly!

The hardest part is developing the idea, and that can take years

Papa, please get the moon for me.

You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago.

His lips tasted cool and sharp, peppermint, winter, but his hands, soft on the back of my neck, promised long days and summer and forever.

One always has hope for human nature

There is no opportunity for a sale at the success store.Find it yourself

Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10.

You are person with a goal

No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.

I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.

Real wealth is ideas plus energy.

Know yourself. Feel yourself. Love yourself. Respect yourself. Take good care of yourself. You are your most precious possession on Earth.

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.