“Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour I feel like saying to them: "You simply don't understand - how can a child be held responsible for doing such a dreadful thing to himself?" But then again, at other times I have to acknowledge: it was done wilfully.” PeopleFeelsChildrenSometimesDoneResponsibleBlameAddictionAcknowledgeBehaviourAddict Author:Will Self
“Truths, no matter how momentous or enduring, are nothing to the individual until he appreciates them, and feels their force, and acknowledges their sovereignty. He cannot bow to their majesty until he sees their power. All the blind then, and all the ignorant--that is, all the children--must be educated up to the point of perceiving and admitting the truth, and acting according to its mandates.” FeelsChildrenMatterIndividualForceActingAppreciateBlindEndureIgnorantEducatedAcknowledgeBowsSovereigntyMajestyMandatesAdmitting Book:Common School Journal Source: Common School Journal