The Treasury of Spiritual Wisdom
is a wonderful collection of over 10,000 powerful quotations, compiled
from a wide and eclectic range of sources. From Emily Dickinson
to Oscar Levant, from Confucius to Andrew Carnegie, from Jesus to
Pablo Casals, the quotations are drawn from philosophers, spiritual
teachers, artists, composers, scientists, and many, many others,
from ancient times to the present, representing a vast panoply of
cultures and traditions.
Organized into over 140 headings such as Love,
Power, Self-Esteem, Habits, Grace, Abundance, and Death, the Treasury
provides a lively and valuable resource for speakers searching
for the seeds of a speech, teachers seeking inspiration, or for
the reader who just needs a few words of wisdom or comfort. What
makes this book so remarkable is the consistent clarity, power and
insight of the selections, and the wide-ranging, non-sectarian quality
of the quotations chosen.
The editor of this collection, Andy Zubko, has
also collaborated on a book about the American saint Peace Pilgrim.
Born in New Jersey, he became a partner in a successful greeting
card company. Although very successful materially in business, he
found himself deeply unsatisfied with his life. He sold his share
of the business and took over an orphanage that the Catholic Church
had decided to close. He has worked with Peace Pilgrim, with homeless
people, and with Mother Teresa's nuns in Haiti, and now lives a
contemplative life in an almond orchard in Northern California.
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