Oct 15, 2025 | Wednesday Quotes
The crisis of responsibility, which is obvious to anyone today, first took root in our homes. We should then address it in our home life. For, of course, home is the ‘home’ of responsibility. There is no context that so clearly demands taking responsibility for others...
Jul 22, 2015 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“All it takes is one good person to restore hope.” Pope Francis, Laudato Si When a classroom discussion is not going well, just one student stepping-up can make the margin of difference. Sometimes a student comes through, sometimes not. We don’t always think of...
Nov 12, 2014 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“If man…is indefinable, it is because at first he is nothing. Only afterward will he be something, and he will himself have made what he will be. Thus, there is no human nature…” Jean-Paul Sartre, in ‘Existentialism is a Humanism’ A man will be what he will have made...
Dec 11, 2013 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
Ischomachus’ wife: “My mother told me that my job was to be responsible.” Ischomachus: “Yes, my dear, of course, my father gave me the same advice.” Xenophon, The Estate Manager, VII Her parents told her to be responsible. And his told him. We can presume the parents...
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