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Treasury of Spiritual Wisdom: A Collection of 10,000 Powerful Quotations for Transforming Your Life
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.
506 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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July 29, 2019
This ambitious and huge collection of "inspirational quotations" collects quotations, apparently by key words, into large categories. It's an impressive collection, but it lacks discernment and curation. I find shorter, focused, and genuinely curated collections of quotations far more insightful.
A second problem, as indicated by the subtitle, is a peculiar "look on the positive side of life" sensibility. Perhaps seeking to "inspire", the collection fails to address the messy complications that lead to dark nights of the soul. This leads to a somewhat superficial feel.
Finally, as a collector and lover of quotations, the author ought to realize that text and context matter. Therefore, the failure to both identify the authors or provide their birthdates, omits useful information. Of course, identifying the original source matter would be ideal.
Bottomline: this popular collection of quotations offers a promising titles and delivers a vacuum cleaner approach to safe topics.
A second problem, as indicated by the subtitle, is a peculiar "look on the positive side of life" sensibility. Perhaps seeking to "inspire", the collection fails to address the messy complications that lead to dark nights of the soul. This leads to a somewhat superficial feel.
Finally, as a collector and lover of quotations, the author ought to realize that text and context matter. Therefore, the failure to both identify the authors or provide their birthdates, omits useful information. Of course, identifying the original source matter would be ideal.
Bottomline: this popular collection of quotations offers a promising titles and delivers a vacuum cleaner approach to safe topics.
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