The Way of Paradox: Spiritual Life as Taught by Meister Eckhart
By: Cyprian Smith
4.34
Format: None pages, Paperback
Spiritual guide for followers of Meister Eckhart
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1. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more
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"Innocence is a better world."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
2. Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation
By: Thomas Keating
4.30
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
In the course of numerous workshops and retreats Father Keating is asked many questions regarding c… read more
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3. The Undiscovered Self
By: C.G. Jung , R.F.C. Hull
4.14
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
One of the world's greatest psychiatrists reveals how to embrace our own humanity and resist the pr… read more
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"İnancın temeli bilinç değil, bireyin inancını Tanrı ile dolaysız yolla ilişkilendiren, spontan dinsel deneyimdir."-C.G. Jung, The Undiscovered Self
"Bilinci ne kadar genişlemiş ve farklılaşmışsa, ahlaki yapısı o denli geri kalmıştır. İşte bugün önümüzdeki sorun budur. Akıl tek başına yeterli değildir."-C.G. Jung, The Undiscovered Self
"Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short-sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and mass organizations..."-C.G. Jung, The Undiscovered Self
"Kaç tane sıfırı eklerseniz ekleyin bir birim elde edemeyeceğiniz gibi, bir topluluğun değeri de onu oluşturan bireylerin ruhsal ve ahlaki büyüklüklerine bağlıdır."-C.G. Jung, The Undiscovered Self
4. The Future of an Illusion
By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the manner of the eighteenth-century philosopher, Freud argued that religion and science were mo… read more
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5. With Open Hands
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen , Sue Monk Kidd
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
Now updated, 'With Open Hands' offers gentle encouragement to readers seeking God & insight to the … read more
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6. The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
By: W.B. Yeats , Richard J. Finneran
4.15
Format: 333 pages,
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeatsincludes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion in hi… read more
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7. The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical… read more
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8. Zen and the Birds of Appetite
By: Thomas Merton
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Zen enriches no one," Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the B… read more
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9. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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10. Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Joanna Macy , Anita Barrows
4.12
Format: 29 pages, Paperback
At the beginning of this century, a young German poet returned from a journey to Russia, where he h… read more
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11. The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century
By: Thomas Merton
4.38
Format: None pages,
In the fourth century, the wildernesses of Egypt and Palestine were inhabited by a strange breed of… read more
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12. This Day: New and Collected Sabbath Poems 1979 - 2012
By: Wendell Berry
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For nearly thirty-five years, Wendell Berry has been at work on a series of poems occasioned by his… read more
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13. Steppenwolf
By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری
4.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more
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14. The Wild Places
By: Robert Macfarlane
3.73
Format: None pages,
"An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we're laying waste the world, nature… read more
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15. Molloy
By: Samuel Beckett , Patrick Bowles
4.04
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Molloy, the first of the three masterpieces which constitute Samuel Beckett’s famous trilogy, appea… read more
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"This should all be rewritten in the pluperfect."-Samuel Beckett, Molloy
"You can't have everything, I've often noticed it."-Samuel Beckett, Molloy
"Constipation is a sign of good health in pomeranians."-Samuel Beckett, Molloy
"Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto."-Samuel Beckett, Molloy
16. A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12)
By: Louise Penny
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Louise Penny pulls back the layers to reveal a brilliant and emotionally powerfu… read more
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17. The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
By: Iain McGilchrist
4.35
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
In a book of unprecedented scope, Iain McGilchrist presents a fascinating exploration of the differ… read more
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"We don't need a lot more quick fixes. We need a change in the paradigm."-Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
"[C]hildren with right-brain deficit disorder ignore task obstacles, accept impossible challenges, make grossly inadequate efforts, and are stunned by the poor outcomes. These children act fearless be…"-Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
"The left hemisphere prefers the impersonal to the personal, and that tendency would be in any case be instantiated in the fabric of a technologically driven and bureaucratically administered society.…"-Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
"Believing is not to be reduced to thinking that such-and-such might be the case. It is not a weaker form of thinking, laced with doubt. Sometimes we speak like this: ‘I believe that the train leaves …"-Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
18. The Way of Zen
By: Alan W. Watts
4.17
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up t… read more
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"I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"[T]he joy of travel is not nearly so much in getting where one wants to go as in the unsought surprises which occur on the journey."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"A te elibera de convenție nu înseamnă a o refuza cu dispreț, ci a nu fi amăgit de ea. Înseamnă a fi capabil să o folosești ca pe un instrument, nu a fi folosit de ea."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
19. Letters from a Stoic
By: Seneca , Robin Campbell
4.75
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were… read more
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20. Haven
By: Emma Donoghue
3.42
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more
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"Fog makes an island of every man."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"-Emma Donoghue, Haven
21. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
By: Kevin Kelly
4.23
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more
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"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
22. All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
By: Louise Penny
4.43
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sû… read more
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"You were going to say the Death Star, weren’t you?"-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
"I just sit where I'm put, composed of stone and wishful thinking: That the deity that kills for pleasure will also heal, That in the midst of your nightmare, the final one, a kind lion will pick your…"-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
"Regarding Notre Dame cathedral: "He could see the huge rose window that had, incredibly, survived the fire. It looked, behind the works, like a giant third eye. Gazing perpetually out at the City of …"-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
"I just sit where I’m put, composed of stone and wishful thinking: That the deity that kills for pleasure will also heal, That in the midst of your nightmare, the final one, a kind lion will come with…"-Louise Penny, All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
23. Stillness Is the Key
By: Ryan Holiday
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo… read more
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"Build a life you don't need to escape from."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
24. The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
By: Richard Rohr
4.45
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With a new afterword - From one of the world's most influential spiritu… read more
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- spirituality
25. Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
By: Viktor E. Frankl
4.17
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his internati… read more
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- spirituality
"A human being should never become a means to an end."-Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
"It is the nature of love that makes us see our loved one in their uniqueness and individuality."-Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
"To say yes to life is not only meaningful under all circumstances--because life itself is--but it is also possible under all circumstances."-Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
"We also do not judge the life history of a particular person by the number of pages in the book that portrays it but only by the richness of the content it contains."-Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
26. Unwinding Anxiety
By: Judson Brewer
3.91
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and … read more
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27. Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.43
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Resurrection accounts of Jesus in the Gospels are the most dramatic and impactful stories ever … read more
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28. Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
By: John O'Donohue
4.45
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
With a Foreword by Krista Tippett-a poignant and beautiful collection of conversations and presenta… read more
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"Most of us are moving through such an undergrowth of excess that we cannot sense the shape of ourselves any more."-John O'Donohue, Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
"I feel that fear is negative wonder. It is the point at which wonder begins to consume itself and scrape off the essence of things."-John O'Donohue, Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
"We ask that streams of Easter light might flow into the intimacy and privacy of our hearts this morning, to heal us and encourage us and enable us to make again a new beginning."-John O'Donohue, Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
"One of the greatest sins is the unlived life, not to allow yourself to become chief executive of the project you call your life, to have reverence always for the immensity that is inside you."-John O'Donohue, Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
29. The Way of Paradox: Spiritual Life as Taught by Meister Eckhart
By: Cyprian Smith
4.34
Format: None pages, Paperback
Spiritual guide for followers of Meister Eckhart read more
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