“Boy, girl, man, or woman—“No means No”! It could be a “Yes” yesterday, but a “No” today. And that’s perfectly valid.”
“Who accomplishes the challenging setting-upon through which what we call the real is revealed as standing-reserve? Obviously, man. To what extent is man capable of such a revealing? Man can indeed conceive, fashion, and carry through this or that in one way or another. But man does not have control over unconcealment itself, in which at any given time the real shows itself or withdraws. The fact that the real has been showing itself in the light of Ideas ever since the time of Plato, Plato did not bring about. The thinker only responded to what addressed itself to him.”
“Go back. Open the bedroom door and send young Aster down the stairs. Place the groom on his feet and draw him away from the bed. Wipe the sheet clean of the bride’s blood. Shake it straight and flatten its wrinkles. Slide off that necklace and return it to the girl as she races to her mother. Fix what has been broken in her, mend it shut again. Clothe him in his wedding finery. Let there be no light. Allow only shadows into this kingdom of man’s making. See him alone in the room. See him free of a father’s attention. See him step beyond the reach of elders and all who advise growing boys on the perils of weakness. Here is Kidane, shaking loose of unseen bindings. Here he is, gifting himself the freedom to tremble. All advice has been taken back and he is no longer the groom instructed to break flesh and draw blood and bring a girl to earthy cries. See this man in the tender moment before he takes his wife. See him wrestle with the first blooms of untapped emotion. Let the minutes stretch. Remove the expectations of a father. Remove the admonishments to stand tall and stay strong. Eliminate the birthright, the privilege of nobility, the weight of ancestors and blood. Erase his father’s name and that of his grandfather’s father and that of the long line of men before them. Let him stand in the middle of that empty bedroom in his wedding tunic and trousers, in his gilded cape and gold ring, and then disappear his name, too. Make of him nothing and see what emerges willingly, without taint of duty or fear.”
“The quality of a man is in his expectations”
“And yes, many of us became fathers to fully understand what it means to be a father. Albert Einstein once said: Every man is a genius but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb trees, it will spend the rest of its life believing that its stupid. To the men who never let other people’s metrics of success become the yardstick with which they measure theirs. It is no coincidence that we are diagrammatically represented by a circle with an arrow on the edge that points out. To all of us who may not always be there so that we can always be there , To every hunter, every fighter, every missionary, To every planter and tiller of a garden of eden, To every warrior, conqueror of territories, every man always going out so he can bring something home. To every provider and protector of his family. Every defender of his domain and representative of God in the lives of his dependants. To every man that choose character over caliber, Every Major General, Lord of the Rings, Lion of the Tribe of his house. To every correcter with a shout, Every tough and tender 9-ribbed carrier of his cross. For every skill, strength, qualification and effort that we put into building meaningful relationships with our women, bonds with our children, and shield through tough times. For every ‘crave’ for success without substituting values. For the unconditional love, unflinching sacrifice, and diehard determination to go places our parents never imagined for themselves. To those who happily lead, as though money, fame and power didn’t exist. To those who stand tall and sit straight, Who understand that it doesn t take a 6-figure to be a Father figure. Happy Father s Day to every man who understands the responsibility and deserves the title. *Happy Father s Day to You and Me.*”
“The measure of a man is his dedication to his mission.”
“Holding the horse’s reins was a man with dark hair on his head and chin. He wore a large sword at his side and smelled like the movement of water and wind.”
“Όλη η ζωή, ασκητή, είναι ένας ίσκιος, και μονάχα ο άντρας ο δυνατός με τον αγώνα του και με το αίμα του μπορεί να την κάμει γυναίκα του και να την καρπίσει.”
“Che cosa sia un uomo realmente vivo si sa oggi meno che mai, e perciò si ammazzano gli uomini in grande quantità, mentre ognuno di essi è un esperimento unico e prezioso della natura.”
“Man is a very strange creature! He wants to be on a floating ship in the sea while sitting on the shore; and while sitting on the ship, he wants to be sitting on a fixed bench on the shore!”
“Beside every great woman there is a great man... A father A mentor A brother A partner”
“Man is a missionary.”
“Times have changed and there is no place for good man in the society anymore. Everyone and everything is fighting man. They are not only fighting bad ones, but good ones have to suffer too, because of the bad ones. They say it s a new system. Even when a man makes jokes. They are taken seriously, but when a women does something wrong or bad. It is taken as a joke, everyone is laughing it off. I hope all good man out there wont lose hope or change joining the bad once, because of how nowadays society speaks and treats them. Men be good no matter how they treat you. Don t let them or anything change you.”
“A man was created for good works.”
“He was too old to blame his youth for the man he had become.”
“...nothing can be said about physical love if one doesn t start from the fact that men and women have equal rights to it.”
“I don t believe in hypergamy, neither do I believe in hypogamy. What I do believe in is the power that sensual feminine women possess. I believe in their God-given ability to STIMULATE THE ENERGY OF SUCCESS, ACHIECEMENT AND WEALTH in their relationships. I BELIEVE THAT A WOMAN S SENSUALITY MAKES THE BEST OF A MAN.”