11 Best philosophy books like The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Library) by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

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The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Library)

By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A collection of the best of Rumi's poetry. The cry of the soul in love with God has never been more…

"He wishes me to get out of myself . He wishes me to sit in freedom . I was constantly involved with ambition , and now he tells me to break all the chains ."

-Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Library)

"He wishes me to get out of myself . He wishes me to sit in freedom . I was constantly involved with ambition , and now he tells me to break all the chains ."

-Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Library)

If you liked the philosophy plot in The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Library) by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of رباعيات خيام by محمدعلی فروغی, Omar Khayyám, None

1. رباعيات خيام

By: محمدعلی فروغی , Omar Khayyám , None

4.17

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • islam
  • philosophy
  • spirituality
"فعاشر الناس على ريبة .. منهم ولا تكثر منَ الأصدقاء"

-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام

"Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires."

-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام

"Ah, my Belovéd, fill the cup that clears To-day of past Regret and future Fears."

-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام

"The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one."

-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام

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2. The Perennial Philosophy

By: Aldous Huxley

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Perennial Philosophy is defined by its author as "The metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reali… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • spirituality
"Organized and balanced disunity is the necessary condition of liberty."

-Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

"We cannot hope to utter anything worth saying, unless we read and inwardly digest the utterances of our betters."

-Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

"If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion."

-Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

"In other words, the highest form of the love of God is an immediate spiritual intuition, by which 'knower, known and knowledge are made one."

-Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

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3. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

By: Pablo Neruda , W.S. Merwin , Cristina García

4.21

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown p… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
"Tonight I Can Write"

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"I remembered you with my soul clenched"

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"I want to fill my mouth with your name."

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"Every day you play with the light of the universe."

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

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4. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • spirituality
  • philosophy
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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5. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker

4.21

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more

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  • philosophy
  • spirituality
"Waves are the practice of the water."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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6. The I Ching or Book of Changes

By: Anonymous , C.G. Jung , Richard Wilhelm , Cary F. Baynes

3.31

Format: 267 pages,

The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is one of the 1st efforts of the human mind to place itself within… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • spirituality
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7. The Gilda Stories

By: Jewelle L. Gómez , Jewelle Gomez

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

The winner of two Lambda Literary Awards (fiction and science fiction) The Gilda Storiesis a very A… read more

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8. Upstream: Selected Essays

By: Mary Oliver

2.43

Format: None pages,

Comprising a selection of essays, Upstreamfinds beloved poet Mary Oliver reflecting on her astonish… read more

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  • poetry
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9. Notes of a Native Son

By: James Baldwin

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin's death, including a new introdu… read more

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  • classics
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10. The Judgement

By: Franz Kafka

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

"The judgment" is considered the most autobiographical of Kafka's stories. First, there are Kafka's… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
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11. The Fire Next Time

By: James Baldwin

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more

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  • classics
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12. The Zahir

By: Margaret Jull Costa , Paulo Coelho

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The narrator of The Zahiris a bestselling novelist who lives in Paris and enjoys all the privileges… read more

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  • philosophy
  • spirituality

13. You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

By: Charles Bukowski

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry tha… read more

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14. Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

3.80

Format: None pages,

Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience was originally published in 1849 as Resistance to Civil Go… read more

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15. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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16. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

By: Richard Rohr

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more

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  • philosophy
  • spirituality
"The ego hates losing – even to God."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

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17. Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life

By: Wayne W. Dyer

4.24

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China d… read more

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  • philosophy
  • spirituality
"When expectations are shattered, practice allowing that to be the way it is. Relax, let go, allow, and recognize that some of your desires are about how you think your world should be, rather than ho…"

-Wayne W. Dyer, Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life

18. The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh

By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Melvin McLeod

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is a collection of powerful and inspiring teachings in an appealing, convenient pocket-size bo… read more

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19. Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

By: A. Helwa

4.51

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Are you longing to experience a more intimate and loving relationship with the Divine? Secrets … read more

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  • poetry
  • philosophy
  • islam
  • spirituality
"The word “Allah"

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"In Arabic, the word fitna, meaning “hardship,"

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"To every cry of, 'Oh God'. He answers a hundred times, 'I am here'."

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"We are all born with spiritual wings, Islam simply reminds us how to fly."

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

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20. The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Library)

By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A collection of the best of Rumi's poetry. The cry of the soul in love with God has never been more… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • islam
  • philosophy
  • spirituality
"He wishes me to get out of myself . He wishes me to sit in freedom . I was constantly involved with ambition , and now he tells me to break all the chains ."

-Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Library)

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21. The Pocket Meister Eckhart (Shambhala Pocket Library)

By: Meister Eckhart

3.75

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

An introduction to the writing and preaching of the greatest medieval European mystic. Meister Eck… read more

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  • spirituality

9 Best classics books like The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Library) by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

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4.17

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4.12

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Pablo Neruda , W.S. Merwin , Cristina García

4.21

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4.30

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2.50

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4.11

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Nouman Ali Khan

3.50

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4.12

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