Thursday, May 10, 2012

QUOTABLES

Thomas Merton:


The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to violence.


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

THE DECK OF CARDS

I heard the story of the deck of cards many years ago but this sleight-of-hand magician takes it way beyond what I remember.