February 8, 2007
Posted by johnny
Those who love one another, or acquire strong attachments to persons and to forms of life, at the same time become liable to ruin: their love makes them hostages to misfortune and the injustice of others. Friends and lovers take great chances to help each other; and members of families willingly do the same. [...]
October 16, 2006
Posted by johnny
here’s a quote that i heard on a video at a dreadful “sexual harassment prevention training” i attended last thursday. i think that most people misunderstood the meaning. i know this because a lot people made fun of how ridiculous this lady sounded (it didn’t help that she was a buddhist monk on [...]
September 10, 2006
Posted by johnny
john ortberg wrote a terrific, yet convicting, article and is definitely worth a read. thanks to zach for the link.
there is a self-righteousness in me that does not want to die. there is something inside me that is not bothered when others are excluded, that wants others to be excluded, that feels more [...]
September 9, 2006
Posted by johnny
it is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury, it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death. Slow and elderly as i am, i have been caught by the slower pursuer, whereas my accusers, being clever and sharp, have been caught by the quicker, wickedness. [...]
