The development of the proletarian elite does not take place in an academic setting. Rather, it is brought about by battles in the factories and unions, by disciplinary punishments and some very dirty fights within the parties and outside of them, by jail sentences and illegality.
Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.
“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Yes, I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”