Quotes from Eda LeShan

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.

Anxiety checks learning. A feeling of well being and respect stimulates an alert mind.

Although there are real hazards in saying yes to life, they are inconsequential when compared to the regrets that come with saying "no".

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.

Every time a child is born, we have another chance.

A child can live with anything as long as he or she is told the truth and is allowed to share with loved ones the natural feelings people have when they are suffering.

Depression occurs when you are not being yourself. You're probably doing things you don't want to do.

We all wanted babies - but did any of us want children?

I've been riding the carousel in Central Park since I was five years old . . . If I'm very depressed or if something's bothering me today, my husband, Larry, and I go back to the park. We get on the carousel horse and we start riding, and I start singing at the top of my lungs. It is pure and absolute joy and happiness.

Our attitudes toward retirement, marriage, recreation, even our feelings about death and dying may make much more of an impression than we realize.

... no man can be psychologically castrated without his co-operation!

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

the highest priority for any government concerned with its own future and the peace of the world community ought to be the facilities it provides for the care and nurturance of young children.