Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Edwin Friedman
Born: 1932
Died: 1996 (aged 64)
Bio: Edwin Howard Friedman was an ordained Jewish Rabbi, family therapist, and leadership consultant. He was born in New York City and worked for more than 35 years in the Washington DC area where he founded the Bethesda Jewish Congregation.
Known for:
- A Failure of Nerve
- Friedman's fables (1990)
- The Myth of the Shiksa and Other Essays