Will, Therefore, Is The Unbroken Determination To

If Life Is To Be Sustained, Hope Must Remain.

Adolescents Need Freedom To Choose, But Not So Much Freedom That They Cannot, In Fact, Make A Choice.

Hope Is The Enduring Belief In The Attainability Of Fervent Wishes, In Spite Of The Dark Urges And Rages Which Mark The Beginning Of Existence. Hope Is The Ontogenetic Basis Of Faith, And Is Nourished By The Adult Faith Which Pervades Patterns Of Care.

It's A Long Haul Bringing Up Our Children To Be Good; You Have To Keep Doing That — Bring Them Up — And That Means Bringing Things Up With Them: Asking, Telling, Sounding Them Out, Sounding Off Yourself — Finding, Through Experience, Your Own Words, Your Own Way Of Putting Them Together. You Have To Learn Where You Stand, And Make Sure Your Kids Learn [where You Stand], Understand Why, And Soon, You Hope, They'll Be Standing There Beside You, With You.

In The Evaluation Of The Dominant Moods Of Any Historical Period It Is Important To Hold Fast To The Fact That There Are Always Islands Of Self-sufficient Order — On Farms And In Castles, In Homes, Studies, And Cloisters — Where Sensible People Manage To Live Relatively Lusty And Decent Lives: As Moral As They Must Be, As Free As They May Be, And As Masterly As They Can Be. If We Only Knew It, This Elusive Arrangement Is Happiness.