Today’s One-Liner (#83)
Constantly forge body and mind. –Miyamoto Musashi, Nine Articles, in John Stevens, Budo Secrets: Teachings of the Martial Arts Masters
Category: Wisdom Traditions
Reading “Job”
There were ample precedents in Dostoevsky’s work for his thematic focus on the problem of theodicy raised by Ivan—the problem of the existence of evil and suffering in a world presumably created by a God…
Today’s One-Liner (#82)
The rules of the Kingdom of God are not at all utopian: if you want to put an end to mimetic rivalry, give way completely to your rival. –Rene Girard, Maxim #158, in All Desire…
Today’s One-Liner (#77)
Where there is hatred, let me sow love. –St. Francis of Assisi
Dear Annie and Lindsay
I was earlier going through a 2016-17 Moleskine commonplace book I kept, and came across the following passages I transcribed from Harold Bloom’s book, How to Read and Why. I hope you may enjoy at…
Gratitude Reminder
It is amazing in all the different ways we can be thankful here on Earth. We can be thankful for our coat that keeps us warm. For the butterflies that pollinate the pretty flowers. We…
Share the Wealth with Cait Stevenson: A People’s History of Medieval Women Mystics
(or, “Dear Lord, help me drink less wine so I don’t lose my temper”) Cait fell in love with medieval women’s mysticism during her MA at SLU when she realized they would be a much…
Today’s One-Liner (#75)
I only quote others to make myself more explicit. –Michel de Montaigne, Essays, On the education of children, translated by J.M. Cohen
Today’s One-Liner (#73)
If you can’t get out of it, get into it. –Patricia Ryan Madson, Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up, 11.
Share the Wealth with Alina Kohout: How Mother Teresa Inspired Me
Alina is studying with me at Maryville University in an Honors World Religion course. She has already made a significant impact in our class. She shared with me the following: “One day, I would love…