Quotes from Daniel Gottlieb

One day you will die, but death is not your enemy and it only makes you to appreciate life's gifts more with each passing second.

A wise man once said all children are born knowing what the angels look like

As the waters of life wash over us, we lose our sharp corners, and that can be good or bad...trust your instincts, remember your 'secret pacts' and reclaim the wisdom you have always had

Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don't feel that way, but the payoff is better if we don't pretend when we feel weak or scared so that we allow people to show the kindness that's in them

Altruistic love: giving to others is most precious when it is done quietly and selflessly

no matter what happens to our bodies o our minds, our souls remain whole.

Real security only comes when we are comfortable with who we are, real happiness is a byproduct of a life well lived.

When frustration is unchecked, Sam, it turns into rage, and rage triggers action.

If you fight the right battle, in the right way, the outcome can change not only your life, but also the lives of others.

it is human to fight for personal justice. And I hope you are able to fight for yourself. But even more, I hope you can turn your anger into energy to fight for justice for others. If you can, then maybe by the time you have a precious grandchild, he or she will grow up in a more compassionate world.

And then I realized that whatever we did, it wouldn't feel like it did before.

Like Pi, we all have tigers within us. Lil demons which are a part of us. If you can't run away from them, welcome them, feed them and listen to what they will have to say. There is really not a whole lot to be afraid of.

I hope you will not listen to people who try to talk you out of your pain or show you ways to fix it. Because if your try too hard to fix pain, it only takes longer to heal.

that's not how wounds heal. They don't obey our wishes. Healing takes place in its own way and in its own time.

A wise man once said all children are born knowing what the angels look like. Once we stop fighting against death, we are able to wake up to our lives

The mind that leaps is the mind that lives.

On job of parents - " Their job is to love you, protect you as best as they can, try to understand you, and enjoy your laughter. I hope they will give you both roots and wings. When they give you roots, you will feel safe, loved, and secure, knowing they genuinely want to understand the person you are. When they give you wings, you will feel free to think whatever you want to think, free to explore the world of your heart and mind and the world outside".

peace comes to us when we simply stop fighting.

I think we owe it to our children to share our wisdom. If we share our wisdom for the purpose of changing our children, then that's hitting them over the head with a hammer or shoving something down their throats. If the wisdom turns into advice, that's selfish. But if we simply share ourselves and let our children know our hearts, then it's a gift. And I think it's a gift we're responsible for giving them.

As our children turn even five or six degrees away from us, we have to be aware of our fear and our excitement and our hope for them. And as that five or sex degrees turns into ten or twenty degrees, even ninety degrees, we have to monitor those feelings every step of the way-and ultimately realize that our child is another human being and not necessarily and extension of us.

I think honesty and love help to create the safety that children need to just be children. If we want them to "fix" us, to cure us, to make us better, then we are not being honest with ourselves; we know that children can't heal us or heal our relationships with others. That is beyond their capabilities, and it is certainly not their responsibility.

Love changes everything.

This is what almost all parents want for their children: a lifetime of happiness and an easy passage.

Children don't learn from lessons or teaching. They learn from what we honestly have to say about our feelings, and they learn from our behavior.