Wise Words

  • Wise Words: How Susan Isaacs Changed Parenting
    By Caroline Vollans

    This collection brings together the columns of parenting adviser Ursula Wise, pseudonym for the eminent educationalist and pioneering psychoanalyst Susan Isaacs.

  • Wise Words: 1,001 Truths to Inspire, Enlighten and Enrich Everday Life
    By Philip A. Grisolia

    ... 721 Didion, Joan, 327 Disney, Walt, 82 9 Disraeli, Benjamin, 99, 524, 742, 859, 928 Ditka, Mike, 321 Doble,_]. Frank, 572 Dowd, Maureen, 56 Drayton, William, 477 Drucker, Peter F., 130, 236, 470, 830 Dryden, John, 564, 659 Dunne, ...

  • Wise Words: Jewish Thoughts and Stories Through the Ages
    By Jessica Gribetz

    Plunge, O Man, into the depths of your heart to these currents of light and of life. Live! Live in every atom of ... But when he honestly examined himself, the king found himself to be prouder of his seeming humility than ever before.

  • Wise Words: How Susan Isaacs Changed Parenting
    By Caroline Vollans

    "Harassed" writes: "Your answers to correspondents are exceedingly clear, and when I read them I say, ‘That is just the answer I should think of’, though I believe I should...

  • Wise Words
    By Stephen Trombley

    A diverting and instructive philosophical miscellany, centred on an eclectic sequence of themes, ranging from advice to ageing, and from freedom to friendship.

  • Wise Words: Family Stories that Bring the Proverbs to Life
    By Peter J. Leithart

    In the tradition of Grimm's fairy tales, Peter Leithart has collected eighteen bedtime tales, each set invoking imagery, plots, and themes taken from Scripture, and each reveals a biblical proverb.