Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of any sort whatever-...-whether that of courtier, soldier, administrator, merchant or workman--a boy did not amass the knowledge necessary to ply that trade before entering it, but threw himself into it; he then acquired the necessary knowledge.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
An administrator in a bureaucratic world is a man who can feel big by merging his non-entity in an abstraction. A real person in t...ouch with real things inspires terror in him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In quiet and untroubled times it seems to every administrator that it is only by his efforts that the whole population under his r...ule is kept going, and in this consciousness of being indispensable every administrator finds the chief reward of his labor and efforts. While the sea of history remains calm the ruler-administrator in his frail bark, holding on with a boat hook to the ship of the people and himself moving, naturally imagines that his efforts move the ship he is holding on to. But as soon as a storm arises and the sea begins to heave and the ship to move, such a delusion is no longer possible. The ship moves independently with its own enormous motion, the boat hook no longer reaches the moving vessel, and suddenly the administrator, instead of appearing a ruler and a source of power, becomes an insignificant, useless, feeble man.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I came here for one thing only, to try to help national Ireland--and if there is no such thing in existence then the sooner I pay ...for my illusions the better.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is a strange, strange fate, and now, as I stand face to face with death I feel just as if they were going to kill a boy. For I ...feel like a boy--and my hands so free from blood and my heart always so compassionate and pitiful that I cannot comprehend how anyone wants to hang me.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As a parent, you can play three important roles in teaching your children about sex. As a model for your child, your own comfort l...evel can instill a sense of confidence and trust that will reinforce his or her healthy curiosity about the world. As an information source, you can make sure that curiosity is satisfied with clear and accurate facts about the body, the sexes, and how babies are made. Finally, as a guide to values, you can guarantee that the messages your child receives about sex are invested with the family values you want to instill.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I think it's unfair for people to try to make successful blacks feel guilty for not feeling guilty.... We're unique in that we're ...not supposed to enjoy the things we've worked so hard for.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »