“One of the most essential and mundane of human activities - taking care of children - requires high levels of anxious vigilance. ... [Parents] dare not risk assuming that the sudden quiet from the toddlers' room means they are studying with Baby Einstein. Visualize fratricidal stranglings and electric outlets stabbed with forks: this is how we have reproduced our genomes.” HumansMeanChildrenCareParentLevelsRoomsStudyRiskBabyActivityQuietEssentialsAssumingDareAnxiousElectricOutletsMundaneForksHigh LevelHuman ActivityVigilanceToddlerGenomeStrangling Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.” ChildrenStoriesSongAwarenessQuietEssentialsQuietnessSleepyQuiet TimeChildren's LiteratureChildren Literature Author:Margaret Wise Brown
“Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.” MenWorldMayLightSoundSilenceMusicThis WorldListeningSolitudeQuietEssentialsSilentHearingNoiseAgencySingleBeing Single Book:Delphi Complete Works of Thomas De Quincey (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Thomas De Quincey (Illustrated)
“In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.” ThinkingImportantMomentsWiseQuietEssentialsGood ThingsCrowdsBeing WiseQuiet Moments Author:Richard G. Scott
“In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.” WorldNeedsMayChildrenStoriesTodaySongGreaterModernChildhoodAwarenessActivityQuietEssentialsModern WorldStressedOverlookedQuietnessSleepyManiaQuiet TimeChildren's LiteratureChildren Literature Author:Margaret Wise Brown