Each second we live in a new and unique moment of the universe, a
moment that never was before and will never be again. And what do we
teach our children in school? We teach them that two and two make four,
and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach what
they are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the world there is
no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have
passed there has never been another child like you. And look at your
body—what a wonder it is! your legs, your arms, your cunning fingers,
the way you move! You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a
Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel.
And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a
marvel? You must cherish one another. You must work—we all must
work—to make this world worthy of its children.
- Pablo Casals, Joys and Sorrows -