Catalyst Quote by Siri Hustvedt

Babies are born whole and then they go through experiences in life that chip away at some of that, and it becomes learned behavior.

— Ari Graynor

“Babies hold a secret about the human mind that has been hidden for millennia. They are our double. They have a primordial drive to…

— Scott R. Garrels

We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.

— Vinoba Bhave

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his…

— Jean Piaget

The first six years of a child's life, it is like a tape recorder is on. Everything it sees, smells, touches, experiences in any…

— Bruce Lipton

“Regardless of the circumstances of our births, hidden within each of us is a world of our own devising: our minds. Every thought, desire…

— Shae Ford

The child's true constructive energy, a dynamic power, has remained unnoticed for thousands of years. Just as men have trodden the earth, and later…

— Maria Montessori

“They also create wormholes in time, transporting their mothers and fathers back to feelings and sensations they haven't had since they themselves were young.…

— Jennifer Senior

I believe babies are born as innovative personalities... But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning.

— Jay Wright Forrester

As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk, we want…

— Brian Greene

Parents sometimes forget that after the child emerges from the utter physical and mental helplessness of infancy, it is becoming more and more an…

— Prentice Mulford

A child in his earliest years, when he is only two or a little more, is capable of tremendous achievements simply through his unconscious…

— Maria Montessori