“I am in total opposition to any institutional power. I favor a world of neighborhoods in which all social organization is voluntary and the ways of life are established in small, consenting groups. These groups could cooperate with other groups as they saw fit. But all cooperation would be on a voluntary basis. As the French anarchist Proudhon said. “Liberty [is] not the daughter but the Mother of Order.” WorldWaySaidWould BeMotherOrderSocialLibertySawsGroupsFitDaughterOrganizationBasesFavorsOppositionNeighborhoodCooperationAnarchistSocial Organization Author:Karl Hess
“Our mother's first gift to us comes at the moment we are born, because Mom, as she will subsequently remind us over and over, gives us the Gift of Life Like many of the gifts we receive from our mothers, the Gift of Life usually doesn't fit properly and is almost never returnable without a major hassle.” GivingFirstsMomentsMotherBornMomFitMajorsGifts Of LifeHassle Author:Linda Sunshine
“Formal education in British India was remarkable for its lack of connection with its Indian environment. Like the African persuaded to cover his nakedness with a Mother Hubbard, we wore mental Mother Hubbards, and they were often a sad fit. Our textbooks had been compiled by Englishmen for English children, of whom there were none in my school and few in any school in India.” ChildrenSchoolMotherEnvironmentFitConnectionsIndiaBritishIndianRemarkableFormalImperialismEnglishmenTextbooksFormal Education Book:From fear set free Source: From fear set free
“I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed to know was right there in a single bowl small enough to fit in the palm of one hand.” KnowsLooksPersonsEnoughHandsMotherWaterTaughtNeededFitBowlsPalms Book:Incantation Source: Incantation
“... nothing seems completely to differentiate the poor but poverty. We find no adjectives to fit them, as a whole, only those of which Want is the mother. "Miserable" covers many; "shabby" most, and I am sadly aware that, in a large majority of minds, "disagreeable" includes them all.” WantMindWholeSeemsMotherPoorPovertyFitMajorityMiserableDisagreeableAdjectivesDifferentiateShabbyClassism Book:Beauty for Ashes, by Albion Fellows Bacon; with Numerous Illustrations Source: Beauty for Ashes, by Albion Fellows Bacon; with Numerous Illustrations