Activity Quote by Ida Tarbell

“The psyche cannot tolerate a vacuum of love. In the severely abused or deprived child, pain, dis-ease, and violance rush in to fill the…

— Sam Keen

There is a Restlessness springing from the consciousness of power not fully utilized, which must be present wherever there is unused power of whatever…

— Anna Brackett

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

— Thomas A. Edison

A child must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to the tasks distasteful to…

— Helen Keller

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

— Kate Thompson

Every time a child organizes and completes a chore, spends some time alone without feeling lonely, loses herself in play for an hour, or…

— Barbara Coloroso

“The first duty we owe a child is to teach him to fling out his inborn gladness and joy with the same freedom and…

— Orison Swett Marden

The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning.

— T. S. Eliot

“And so, beginning with the small early frustrations and deprivations, the child is helped to govern himself. his ego develops by learning to regulate…

— Ernest Becker

“When the mind experiences something pleasant, it craves that the pleasure will remain and will intensify. Therefore, the mind is always dissatisfied and restless.…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“This leads to a pattern in which the child cries out and either gets nothing or gets an insufficient or intermittent response. Then the…

— Elliot Greene

“Children parented in such a manner never come up against the necessary frustration that accompanies facing the impossible. They are deprived of the experience…

— Gordon Neufeld