NT Wright on The Colbert Report

Gandhi on Art

"We have somehow accustomed ourselves to the belief that art is independent of the purity of private life. I can say with all the experience at my command that nothing could be more untrue. As I am nearing the end of my earthly life I can say that purity of life is the highest and truest art. The art of producing good music from a cultivated voice can be achieved by many, but the art of producing that music from the harmony of a pure life is achieved very rarely."

US Swimming Olympic Team Trials TV Schedule

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Gandhi: Education

"I hold that true education of the intellect can only come through a proper exercise and training of the bodily organs, e.g., hands, feet, eyes, ears, nose, etc. In other words an intelligent use of the bodily organs in a child provides the best and quickest way of developing his intellect. But unless the development of the mind and body goes hand in hand with a corresponding awakening of the soul, the former alone could prove to be a poor lopsided affair. By spiritual training I mean education of the heart. A proper and all-round development of the mind, therefore, can take place only when it proceeds pari passu with the education of the physical and spiritual faculties of the child. They constitute an indivisible whole. According to this theory, therefore, it would be a gross fallacy to suppose that they can be developed piecemeal or independently of one another."

Daily Bread and a Communal Table

http://www.painquotidien.com/

That's a great idea for a restaurant- good tasting, organic breads with simple ingredients combined with communal tables so you meet people. Someone should open one up on California Avenue next to a smoothie shop. That'd be a perfect combination.

Vegan Athletes Accel

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=keri/080616&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab6pos2

Even a 246 lbs. Hall of Fame tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs thinks you can play at the highest levels with a vegan diet.

Gandhi: All Men are Brothers (Autobiographical Reflections)

"'Earn thy bread by the sweat of thy brow' says the Bible. Sacrifices may be of many kinds. One of them may well be bread labour. If all laboured for their bread and no more, then there would be enough food and enough leisure for all."

"Indeed at the root of this doctrine of equal distribution must lie that of trusteeship of the wealthy for superfluous wealth possessed by them. For according to the doctrine they may not possess a rupee more than their neighbours. How is this to be brought about? Nonviolently? Or should the wealthy be dispossessed of their possessions? To do this we would naturally have to resort to violence. This violent action cannot benefit the society. Society will be the poorer, for it will lose the gifts of a man who knows how to accumulate wealth. Therefore the nonviolent way is evidently superior. The rich man will be left in possession of his wealth, of which he will use what he reasonably requires for his personal needs and will act as a trustee for the remainder to be used for the society. In this argument honesty on the part of the trustee is assumed."

Who Needs Gas, How About Salt Water?