The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.

The trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for: making the worse argument appear the stronger.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers. the bitter fruit of public incomprehension of the law itself and its dynamics.

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.

Be very careful what you try with that.  I’m not as strong as I should be.” His breath was ragged, and irregular.  “And you are stronger than you know.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Does the church have all kinds of problems? You bet, because it's made up of people like me, so I get that part too. But all I need to know about the church is that Jesus picked her.

Reading is not an operation performed on something inert but a relationship entered into with another vital being.

The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit.

Shantaram is the second in the series of a quartet of novels that I have planned about my life but is the first to be written. The third book is a sequel to Shantaram, the first a prequel.

Innovation, having fun and giving back, should be the core values for everyone

I can't be found in myself; I discover myself in others. That much is clear. And I suspect that I also love and care for myself in others.

I have a really high bar for being angry. Like, it doesn't even happen every year.