“All good writers are sensitive to clichés and endeavor to avoid them”

Thomas Gordon, founder of P.E.T. (Parent Effectiveness Training), observed that when children are behaving in a way that interferes with your ability to meet your needs, shouting direct orders to them doesn’t work very well.

So, he advised sending I messages. That is, a better alternative to, Your room is a disaster area-clean it up this minute, would be something like, I get embarrassed when Mrs. Johnson is visiting and sees your room looking this messy, so I need you to clean it up.

Quotes are like cayenne pepper or some other strong spice: a little goes a long way, and too much is a disaster.

When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.

Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.

I was a very defensive kid ’cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn’t want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.

I do not believe there is a method better than Montessori for making children sensitive to the beauties of the world and awakening their curiosity regarding the secrets of life.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.

If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.