Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

'The old woman was merely a sickness . . .it wasn't a human being I killed, it was a principle!'A troubled young man commits the perfect crime - the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit m...

Be Here Now

Ram Dass

"We're talking about metamorphosisWe're talking about going from a caterpillar to a butterflyWe're talking about how to become a butterfly."In March 1961, Professor Richard Alpert - later renamed Ram Dass - held appointments in four departments at Harvard University. He published books, drove a Mercedes...