We Are WILLING To Spend The LEAST AMOUNT Of MONEY To Keep A Kid At Home, More To Put Him In A Foster Home And The Most To Institutionalize Him.

I Have Always Detested Any DEPARTURE From Reality, An ATTITUDE Which I Relate To My Mother's Poor MENTAL HEALTH.

So, I Was Born And RAISED The YOUNGEST Of Seven Children On This Really Beautiful Mountain In Southern Idaho. But My Dad Had Some Radical Beliefs. And Because Of Those Beliefs, We Were Isolated. So I Was NEVER ALLOWED To Go To School Or To The Doctor.

I LEARNED That Courage Was Not The Absence Of Fear, But The TRIUMPH Over It. The BRAVE MAN Is Not He Who Does Not Feel Afraid, But He Who Conquers That Fear.

The Question Of Whether Or Not There Is A GOD Or Truth Or Reality Or Whatever You Like To Call It, Can NEVER Be ANSWERED By Books, By Priests, Philosopher's Or Saviours. Nobody And Nothing Can Answer The Question But You Yourself, And That Is Why You Must Know Yourself - Immaturity Lies Only In Total Ignorance Of SELF.

It's Very Difficult When You Have $1.50 Per DAY To SPEND On Food And DRINK, But For People Who Live This Reality, That Money Also Has To Cover Medical Expenses And Education, Fuel And SHELTER - Sometimes For An Entire Family.

Any Gifted CHILD Can Potentially Get In REAL Trouble Because Of The WAY They Are Handled.

The ACT Of LONGING For SOMETHING Will ALWAYS Be More INTENSE Than The Requiting Of It.

When A CHILD Can Be Brought To TEARS, And Not From FEAR Of Punishment, But From Repentance He Needs No Chastisement. When The Tears Begin To Flow From The Grief Of Their Conduct You Can Be Sure There Is An ANGEL Nestling In Their Heart.