If you want to be happier, consider the following 33 books, sorted by category. For each one, we’ve included our favorite quote, a one-sentence-summary, our three key takeaways, and a few points on why you might want to read it. Use the clickable table of contents below to jump to...
Both Croft brothers have sung leading roles in historically themed operas by the composer Philip Glass: Richard portrayed Mohandas Gandhi in Satyagraha, and Dwayne portrayed Robert E. Lee in the debut production of Appomattox. He also portrayed the role of Loge in the Metropolitan Opera's 2012 ...
Released: 1965 Directed by: Roman Polanski Dig Deeper Premiere's Hollywood's 25 Most Dangerous Films Ever Made And Deeper Pretty Accurate Movies About Being In Isolation Also ranks #23 on The Best Second Films from Famous Directors 18 Eden Lake Finn Atkins, Michael Fassbender, Jame...
Every once in a while I flip open one of my well-loved-and-well-worn books to a random page and read a few paragraphs. It’s my way of giving this wise-old universe the opportunity to drop a pertinent message on me. What tidbit of wisdom might I need to hear today? Yesterday I ...
"Two niggardly minutes in which I must try to put on film a man who had already written or inspired a library of books, baffled all his biographers, filled the world with his fame, and me, on this occasion, with dread." Churchill marched into the room scowling, "regarding my camera ...
– Mahatma Gandhi “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”– Charles Dickens “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.”– Madonna ”How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can ...
Gandhi would probably be resisting all oppression. We excuse these people by saying:They were just a product of their time. But were they? Wilberforce and the abolitionists were a product of their time too, The trouble with theproduct of their timemantra is that it will excuse today’s opp...
There is so much to say about it that there are now books written not merely on the actual relationship between Buddhism and science, but on the very idea of a relationship between Buddhism and science. I gave a relatively rambling answer. But after leaving the classroom it occurred to me ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Books for Middle & High School 26.Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Storyby Martin Luther King & Clayborne Carson Comprehensive and intimate, Stride Toward Freedom emphasizes the collective nature of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America:...
PostedbyAmod LeleinEconomics,Jainism,Modern Hinduism,Politics,Protestantism ≈6 Comments Tags Bhagavad Gītā,Boston University,James Doull,Karl Marx,Martin Luther King Jr.,Mohandas K. Gandhi,race,Reinhold Niebuhr,United States,Vinoba Bhave Tomorrow the United States celebrates a holiday in honour of ...