Famous quotes containing the words line, character and/or recognition:
“The parent must not give in to his desire to try to create the child he would like to have, but rather help the child to developin his own good timeto the fullest, into what he wishes to be and can be, in line with his natural endowment and as the consequence of his unique life in history.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)
“When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire Who gained by it? Mans character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (10643 B.C.)
“Tragedy, as you know, is always a fait accompli, whereas terror always has to do with anticipation, with mans recognition of his own negative potentialwith his sense of what he is capable of.”
—Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)