A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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