Quote of the Day for 2016-07-10

"If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves."

— Carl Jung (1875-1961) The Integration of the Personality (1939)

Banksy piece on a Bridge Farm Primary School building in Bristol, that the children named after him (June 2016)

Quote of the Day for 2016-06-19, Father's Day

"The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them."

— Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) "Freedom Versus Authority in Education," lecture at the Harvard Union (May 16, 1924)

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, on the Sistine Chapel ceiling (circa 1512) Photograph by Jörg Bittner Unna

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-26

"Only children know what they are looking for."

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) The Little Prince, chapter 22

Young Charlie Weber, brother of actor Jake Weber, returning to the wings after talking to Jimi Hendrix, at the Royal Albert Hall (February 24, 1969) Photograph by Eric Hayes

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-02

"Every intelligent child is an amateur anthropologist. The first thing such a child notices is that adults don't make sense."

— John Leonard (1939-2008) "Books of the Times," The New York Times, September 23, 1982

Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa (Jan 19, 2016) Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein