The end of childhood
The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult. Eugene Ionesco
Inner Child
The playing adult steps
The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery. Erik Erikson
I don’t care about
I don’t care about the past. Eric Cantona
Deep meaning lies often
Deep meaning lies often in childish play. Friedrich Schiller
We must remain as
We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. We adults, on the other hand, have outgrown them and have to lower ourselves to stoop down to them. It seems to me that the grass hates us … Read more
We must remain as
We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. Friedrich Nietzsche
In every real man
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. Friedrich Nietzsche
The child is in
The child is in me still and sometimes not so still. Fred Rogers
Children ask better questions
Children ask better questions than adults. \”May I have a cookie?\” \”Why is the sky blue?\” and \”What does a cow say?\” are far more likely to elicit a cheerful response than \”Where’s your manuscript?\” \”Why haven’t you called?\” and \”Who’s your lawyer?\” Fran Lebowitz
We all have monsters
We all have monsters inside of us, and we all have an inner child in us. You always think about your inner child as being the sweet and innocent part of yourself, but it’s also the part that’s all ego with the mentality of, \”If the world isn’t pleasing me, it isn’t doing its job.\” … Read more