Problems cannot be solved with words, but only through experience.

The more we idealize the past and refuse to acknowledge our childhood sufferings, the more we pass them on unconsciously to the next generation.

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.

What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.

Disrespect is the weapon of the weak

All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection

Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to the facts.

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.

Daily mediation is a healthy spiritual exercise.

I believe the future is only the past again entered through another gate.

From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

We challenge our kids to be close around the 2:00 mark. If we can do that we can win games.

I want to question the images that are in our memory. There is always a double level in my work; what you see is true and at the same time not true.

There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.

If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble because I'm all over that dog, all of the time.

Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize that you know before whom you kneel.

Bits of ignorance are like viruses that are copied and spread by interaction.

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.