4 Quotes by Jerome Kagan

Genes and family may determine the foundation of the house, but time and place determine its form.

After hunger, a human’s most important need is to know what is virtuous.

During the latency years, American children need experiences that promote academic talents, a sense of responsibility, and most important, a belief that they can attain the goals valued by self and community. They need reassurance that these goals are attainable.

Joy and serenity are not slavishly tied to our physiology. We are not programmed neurons over which we have no control. We are collaborators in the generation of our thoughts and emotions.