We have done scant justice to the reasonableness of cannibalism. There are in fact so many and such excellent motives possible to ...it that mankind has never been able to fit all of them into one universal scheme, and has accordingly contrived various diverse and contradictory systems the better to display its virtues.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We live in a polarized world of contrived dualisms, dichotomies and paradoxes: light vs. dark and good vs. evil. We as Mexic Ameri...ndians/mestizas are the dark. We are the evil ... or at least, the questionable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We must abandon completely the naive faith that school automatically liberates the mind and serves the cause of human progress; in... fact, we know that it may serve any cause. [It] may serve tyranny as well as truth, war as well as peace, death as well as life . . . whether it is good or evil depends, not on the laws of learning, but on the conception of life and civilization that gives it substance and direction. In the course of history, education has served every purpose and doctrine contrived by man. If it is to serve the cause of human freedom, it must be explicitly designed for that purpose.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take thi...s examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one would be a penny the stupider.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Although pretend play is important, it is still the means to an end, not the end itself. Do not make the mistake of thinking a con...trived, pretend drama can substitute for real interpersonal comfort in dealing with important emotional issues.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I honor your art, because you contrived it, but it only helps those who think the way you do. You may give a sick man your best po...tion but he'll die if he thinks it's poison.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern.... No, Sir; there is nothing which ...has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »