"There are only two lasting bequests we..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would have to learn from me.”

“I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.”

“Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.”

“Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.”

“When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw your first goal in the NHL," that triggers memories. But I don't sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, "You know, one year I got 92 goals."”

“I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young soul to which they are totally unfit. Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make that man another you. One's enough.”

“Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.”

“The practical question, then, is what to do with the children. Tolerate them at home we will not. Let them run loose in the streets we dare not until our streets become safe places for children, which, to our utter shame, they are not at present, though they can hardly be worse than some homes and some schools.”

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”