If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in

There are no indications to prove that the gifts the sheriff received influenced or were intended to influence the Orange County Sheriff's Office in procuring products or services.

It's clear that voluntary disclosure is not working and even small gifts can influence behavior.

The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say that children must learn through the same process that they learned by. We insist upon forced mental feeding and our lessons

I looked at the religious gifts available to children. There wasn't much available. What do you give a kid - a rosary, a statue?