The tools of the mind can be wrongly used, but the mind possesses no wrong tools
The above quote is from one of my favourite books written by Hugh Prather called Notes to Myself. If you are looking for a book to read then you can take your chance with this one. All the people that I have recommended this book have said positive things about it.
The photograph alongside is not directly connected with the book or the quote above. It is a photo that was taken during a recent trip to Sikkim. Somehow in my head any wise thing that I come across pops up an image of Buddha. Same thing happened when I was publishing this post. The image of Buddha kept appearing in my head. I don’t know if that’s a great thing. I would like wisdom to be represented by diverse set of images in my head.
Skanda Subrahmanya
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