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"Suzuki Roshi used to say that what was needed most in the monastery..."
"We can have democracy in this country, or we..."

Thoughts on democracy and wealth from the first Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others..."
"Our humanity is not an attribute that..."
Advice from Christopher Hitchens
The Feast of St. Catherine of Siena: She Spoke Boldly to Popes and Princes

St. Siena receives the heart of ChristA chapel ceiling in Santa Sabina, Rome depicts St. Catherine receiving the heart of Christ, a sign of divine love and mercy. (photo: Lawrence Op/Flickr/cc by-nc-nd 2.0)

"Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness..."