“The issue is not whether people are 'good enough' for a particular type of society; rather it is a matter of developing the kind of social institutions that are most conducive to expanding the potentialities we have for intelligence, grace, sociability and freedom.” PeopleKindMatterEnoughSocialIssuesGraceParticularTypeInstitutionsDevelopingGood EnoughExpandingSociabilitySocial Institutions Author:Paul Goodman
“There is only one curriculum, no matter what the method of education: what is basic and universal in human experience and practice, the underlying structure of culture.” HumansMatterCultureEducationPracticeUniversalNo Matter WhatMethodStructureHuman ExperienceCurriculum Book:Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society Source: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
“Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us all.” MatterSpeakLanguagePowerComedyShareNo Matter WhatBackgrounds Author:Paul Goodman
“The "brightness" of the 15 percent might or might not indicate a profound feeling for the causes of things; it is largely verbal and symbol-manipulating, and is almost certainly partly an obsessional device not to know and touch risky matter, just as Freud long ago pointed out that the nagging questions of small children are a substitute for asking the forbidden questions.” KnowsChildrenLongMatterFeelingsMightCausesPercentAskingProfoundSymbolsDevicesSubstitutesLong AgoForbiddenBrightnessSmall ChildNagging Author:Paul Goodman
