Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the [...]
You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.