“ I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it. ”

“ Change is the end result of all true learning. ”

“ It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. ”

“ What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. ”

“ Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ”

“ Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever. ”

“ If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance. ”

“ We all need each other. ”

“ Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. ”

“ A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. ”