The adult within me would be much wiser to learn from the child within me rather than focus on the demand that the child within me grow up.

It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities.

If as an adult I have scolded and then silenced the child within me, I contend that I am neither an adult nor a child. Rather, I am just plain ignorant.

The clash is born of the fact that the child within me sees with undiluted clarity what the adult within me is incessantly working to deny. And in these most vexing moments, to be the adult is to defer to the child.

You don't grow up when you try, you grow up when you have to.

We would prefer all gain and no loss in life, yet that would gain us nothing more than great loss.