Communication

"What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement [of the adolescent] in the decision making." - Laurence Steinberg and Ann Levine ...

“Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them ...

“Sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows.  Why is that?”  . . . “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.” - Carlos Ruiz ...

"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way, an artist says a hard thing in a simple way." - Charles Bukowski ...

"Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again." - André Gide ...

"The face of a child can say it all. Especially the mouth part of the face." - Jack Handey ...

“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can't chew it."         - Mark Twain ...

“In a conversation, remember that you’re more interested in what you’re saying than anyone else is.” - Andy Rooney ...

“Isn’t it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most.”                            - Charles Lindbergh ...

"Music and art allow us to enter an inner world of emotions that go beyond words, a way to survive, a new language that gives us a new way to express ourselves." ...