Tag: quotes

Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times (Part I)

I was over at a friend’s house yesterday, and I saw something on her refrigerator door. It was a small of Buddhist proverbs relating to difficult times and tough situations. At first I didn’t pay much attention to any of the writings, but instead opened the door and got some ice out of the freezer. …

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Desire: More than a streetcar?

I’m currently reading the book Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax, MD, PhD. Though I will surely write a detailed review and critique of his work when I finish it, I found a statement in his book so intriguing that I believed immediate mention to be warranted. About halfway through the sixth chapter, which is about …

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You don’t say…

Recently, I received an email quoting several lines from a wonderful book by Charles M. Sevilla entitled Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History. Basically the book takes a light and somewhat whimsical approach to law and the United States Justice System by jeering at statements by witnesses, lawyers, judges, and other …

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