Steve

“SWIGERT provided a list of 12 SERE techniques for possible use by the CIA: (1) the attention grasp, (2) walling, (3) facial hold, (4) facial slap, (5) cramped confinement, (6) wall standing, (7) stress positions, (8) sleep deprivation, (9) waterboard, (10) use of diapers, (11) use of insects, and (12) mock burial.136”
― Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture: Complete Standard Reflowable Flexible Ebook Edition

“Replete is the world with a spiritual radiance, replete with sublime and marvelous secrets. But a small hand held against the eye hides it all,” said the Baal Shem.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

“my life question should not be “What do I want to receive?” but “Who do I want to be?” I realized that what mattered more than acquisition was character development.”
― Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary

“People are rotten everywhere you go. They’re no good. You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let’s see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko