“He knew that the best of children were sometimes naughty, and that the naughty ones were often good.”

— L. Frank Baum, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)

About L. Frank Baum

1856 – 1919

American author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

“Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization.”

“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger.”

“The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.”

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

“Go where he will, the wise man is at home, his hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome.”

“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”

“Mature manhood: that means to have rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.”

“The Tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds.”

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”