.. every step of the upward way is strewn with wreckage of body, mind, and morals.

Puberty for a girl is like floating down a broadening river into an open sea.

Precisely what menstruation is, is not yet very well known.

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.

The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.

Adolescence is when the very worst and best impulses in the human soul struggle against each other for possession.

Being an only child is a disease in itself.

Oneness with Nature is the glory of childhood; oneness with childhood is the glory of the Teacher.

Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.

Normal children often pass through stages of passionate cruelty, laziness, lying and thievery.

Constant muscular activity was natural for the child, and, therefore, the immense effort of the drillmaster teachers to make children sit still was harmful and useless.

Reading renew the mind.

Her legacy was not--would not be--this disease. Phyllis Marie Unold Avery told us stories...It is my promise to her that for as long as I am able, I will recognize, restory, and remember.

My parents said that sitting at home playing video games all day won't bring you anywhere in life.

In the theatre, the actor is given immediate feedback.

I would rather regret what I have done than what I have not.

There is no Apocalypse.

The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.

My influences were from Europe from between 1900 and 1945. My favorite artists were Egon Schiele or Edvard Munch. I wasn't interested in contemporary art at all.

Wisdom is the health of the soul.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.