If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are...
Family dysfunction rolls down from generation to generation, like a fire in the woods, taking down everything in its path until one person in one generation has the courage to turn and face the flames. That person brings peace to their ancestors and spares the...
Children only get one childhood, whether they feel loved and needed during that childhood determines their outlook and life forever.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
It's not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.
If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.-------------------------Gender-inclusive version: It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults.
Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and imaginative humans on earth, for what they believe is what they become.
I've often said that those who say having a childlike faith means not asking questions haven't met too many children.
[Acceptance speech upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize:] This award is for mothers, who sit at railway stations to try to eke out an existence, selling potatoes, selling mealies, selling produce. This award is for you, fathers, sitting in a single-sex hostel,...