Emmanuel

“Every new human provides our species with a chance to return to first principles and rethink everything from the ground up. We should allow the child to ask its questions and to pop as many things as safely possible into its mouth. And when one can’t say why or how, rather than look cross or bored, we should say that we’ll find out together.”
― The School of Life, The Good Enough Parent: How to raise contented, interesting, and resilient children

“For the last two centuries, a cult has been spreading widely and rapidly around the world, seeking to dominate and control every moment of our lives; today it has hundreds of millions of adherents, including almost all the conspicuously successful individuals on the planet. Neither a religious dogma nor a political creed, it is devoted instead to a single, striking ideal: busyness.”
― The School of Life, A Simpler Life: A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity

“Put simply: love is the considerate, tender, patient behaviour displayed by an adult over many years towards a child who cannot help but be largely out of control, confused, frustrating and bewildered. Over time this will allow the child to grow into an adult who can take its place in society without too much of a loss of spontaneity, without too much terror and with a basic trust in its own capacities and chances of fulfilment. It should be a matter of global consternation that, despite our many advances, we are still only at the dawn of knowing how to ensure that we all have the loving childhoods we deserve.”
― The School of Life, The Good Enough Parent: How to raise contented, interesting, and resilient children

“We will fall out of love with money the more we learn to fall in love with something else: farming, music, service, writing, God, quiet evenings at home or the painting of slow, delicate lines across pale pink canvases.”
― The School of Life, A Simpler Life: A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity