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Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.
From your parents you learn love, and laughter, and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened, you discover that you have wings.
Everybody starts at the top and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long slow climb and self-discipline.
The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
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You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.
Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.
