“No man has the right to bring up children without surrounding them with books.”

“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. He cheats them! Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it.”

“To bring up our children in light and truth we must ourselves be sources of light and truth. We must not only teach our children true principles but 'bring them up' surrounded by and immersed in light and truth. The way we live (our 'traditions'), the example we set, and the values that guide our actions must lead our children to God. Indeed, our children learn who God is and what he is like by the way that we treat them.”

“Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.”

“It has become a cultural norm in Jewish families for parents to bring up their children to value wealth.”

“Contented children are valuable, as is the peace that surrounds them.”