All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that providing children with a strong foundation and the freedom to pursue their dreams is essential.
In this quote, Goethe emphasizes the dual responsibility of parents in raising children: to give them 'roots' which represent a sense of security, belonging, and identity, and 'wings' which symbolize the freedom and encouragement to explore their potential and follow their aspirations. This balance is crucial for cultivating well-rounded individuals who feel grounded yet empowered to take flight in life.
In practice
During a parenting workshop on child development.
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
I am amazed to see how deliberately I have entangled myself step by step. To have seen my position so clearly, and yet to have acted so like a child!
Seldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want.
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
I'm proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We're all God's children.
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without judgment: It is, sadly, true. An unhealthy mother's love is withering.
Nothing affects the life of a child so much as the unlived life of its parent
I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.
Mothers are a biological necessity; fathers are a social invention
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