“I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it.”

“Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness." -Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998)”

“Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.”

“What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.”

“If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.”

“When we sit at the table, there is more going on than satisfying hunger. It is sad to think of those who eat simply to satisfy their hunger and who do not permit themselves to linger under the many spells offered by a good meal - the satisfaction of our hearts, our minds and our spirits.”

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

“Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.”

“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.”

“What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.”

“The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street.”