Aadel Bussinger

“In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere of distrust and one of trust, between setting an example of power and helping children to learn responsibility, between quick-fix parenting and the kind that's focused on long-term goals.”
― Alfie Kohn, Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason

“Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere.”
― Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

“Moreover, the more deeply a view is ingrained, the less likely we will see it as influencing us—or see it at all. If you want to know what water is, don’t ask the fish.
(Kindle Locations 1550-1551)”
― Mitch Stokes, A Shot of Faith (to the Head): Be a Confident Believer in an Age of Cranky Atheists

“Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-haired child.”
― Carl Sandburg