Author: Bruce Feiler

Quotes

Children who plan their own schedules and evaluate their own work build up their brains and learn to take more responsibility.

Children who plan their own schedules and evaluate their own work build up their brains and learn to take more responsibility.

- Bruce Feiler

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

- Bruce Feiler

Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.

Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.

- Bruce Feiler

Don't forget, God uses words to create the world. Words! Words are only hope.

Don't forget, God uses words to create the world. Words! Words are only hope.

- Bruce Feiler

There's a reason the Exodus story has inspired so many Americans. It's a narrative of hope.

There's a reason the Exodus story has inspired so many Americans. It's a narrative of hope.

- Bruce Feiler

I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual connection.

I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual connection.

- Bruce Feiler

Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too.

Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too.

- Bruce Feiler

I'd say my best memory was climbing Mt. Fuji, and the worst memory was... trying to fit my feet into the free giveaway slippers at Japanese schools.

I'd say my best memory was climbing Mt. Fuji, and the worst memory was... trying to fit my feet into the free giveaway slippers at Japanese schools.

- Bruce Feiler

The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps.

The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps.

- Bruce Feiler

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