"Children are, in one respect, the forgotten people of the world, and, in another, they are the pawns of the political system. Parenting, or any contact with children must invoke in the adult the experience of being a child; the vulnerability, curiosity, fear and yearning for attention."

"I believe that this kind of compassion, and only this, is what will break the spiral of abuse in which our society is spinning so wildly. Given the world condition, we are all in the position of needing to be that much more loving, protective and aware."