“If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which he privately finds ridiculous, if he unhesitatingly gives answers to questionnaires which are contrary to his real opinions and is prepared to deny his own self in public, if he sees no difficulty in feigning sympathy or even affection where, in fact, he feels only indifference or aversion, it still does not mean that he has entirely lost the use of one of the basic human senses, namely, the sense of humiliation.” IfsMenGivingFeelsHumansMeanDoeStillsRealSelfFactsUseOrderLostAnswersSilenceOpinionSadnessSadDifficultyPreparedAffectionDenyContraryRidiculousSensesSuperiorsIndifferenceRitualSympathyHumiliationIncompetentAversionFeigningQuestionnaires Author:Vaclav Havel
“I became obsessed with making more and more tiny things. I think I was trying to find a way of compensating for my embarrassment at having learning difficulties: people had made me feel small so I wanted to show them how significant 'small' could be.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsTryingMadeShowsWantedDifficultyTinySignificantObsessedEmbarrassmentTiny Things Author:Willard Wigan