Character Quote by John Ruskin

The distinctive character of a child is to always live in the tangible present.

— John Ruskin

The modern child may early in his or her existence have natural inclinations toward spirituality. The child may have imagination, originality, a simple and…

— Thomas Merton

Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

The child has a different relation to his environment from ours... the child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they…

— Maria Montessori

The activity of the child has always been looked upon as an expression of his vitality.

— Maria Montessori

Whether you like it or not, a child really connects you to that time when everything's new. It's so important - not just for…

— Tim Burton

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.

— Jean de la Bruyere

The child, making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.

— Maria Montessori

It can be demonstrated that the child's contact with the real world is strengthened by his periodic excursions into fantasy. It becomes easier to…

— Selma Fraiberg

For me, the child is a veritable image of becoming, of possibility, poised to reach towards what is not yet, towards a growing that…

— Maxine Greene

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

— Gloria Estefan

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

— Charles Darwin