Television has a conscience. It is how we disseminate our value system.
The combination of foolishness in the heart and free will in the head is extremely volatile.
Give your children regular, daily doses of Vitamin N. This vital nutrient consists simply of the most character-building two-letter word in the English language No. . . Unfortunately, many, if not most, of today's children suffer from Vitamin N deficiency. They've been overindulged by well-meaning parents who've given them far too much of what they want and far too little of what they truly need.
The essence of successful discipline is not technique; rather, it is self-confidence.
Whats happening in America today is parents are emphasizing their relationship with their children instead of leadership. Anyone in leadership will tell you you cannot have a warm, fuzzy relationship with someone youre in charge of leading.
We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights. " Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I wonder whatever happened to obligations? One rarely hears the term anymore. Indeed, have you ever heard of a "human obligations movement?" The very ideal that holds a democracy together--the willingness to make personal sacrifice for the common good--is going quickly by the wayside.
How do you prevent a little sociopath from becoming a big, full-blown sociopath? Sit on him.
The point is that for our ancestors, the universe was a picture; for modern physics it is a story.
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.
I don't do acid anymore, so I travel instead.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails