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“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily...”

Thomas S. Szasz quotes (Hungarian psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, b.1920)

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“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”

Shel Silverstein quotes (American poet, cartoonist and composer best known in children's literature for his poetry, 1930-1999)

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“Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.”

Nadia Boulanger quotes (French conductor, teacher of musical composition, 1887-1979)

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“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”

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“Humor helps us to think out of the box. The average child laughs about 400 times per day, the average adult laughs only 15 times per day. What happened to the other 385 laughs?”

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“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”

James Arthur Baldwin quotes (American Essayist, Playwright and Novelist, 1924-1987)

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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

Dr. Seuss quotes (American Writer and Cartoonist best known for his collection of children's books. 1904-1991)

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“Feelings are real and legitimate; children behave and misbehave for a reason, even if adults cannot figure it out.”

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“A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.”

Thomas S. Szasz quotes (Hungarian psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, b.1920)

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“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”

Benjamin Spock quotes (American Pediatrician and Author, 1903-1998)

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“I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.”

Sabrina Ward Harrison quotes

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