“There is little that gives children greater pleasure than when a grown-up lets himself down to their level, renounces his oppressive superiority and plays with them as an equal.”

A strong egoism is a protection.

The meager satisfaction that man can extract from reality leaves him starving.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

My love is something valuable to me which I ought not to throw away without reflection.

Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks.

Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea,they become powerless when they oppose it.

All giving is asking, and all asking is an asking for love.

If you can’t do it, give up!

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

A love that does not discriminate seems to me to forfeit a part of its own value, by doing an injustice to its object; and secondly, not all men are worthy of love.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. We become closed – not only to people’s pain – but also their happiness.

Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification.

When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.

Love is a state of temporary psychosis.

Not to know the past is to be in bondage to it, while to remember, to know, is to be set free.

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.

We believed in our idea – a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

Being a bit famous now gives me the opportunity to help people who really need it, especially children.

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Sometimes, when I see my grand daughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.

The love and trust your kids have for you is something beautiful.

Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.