Kahlil Gibran --Wisdom from The Prophet and Sand and Foam

Henry David Thoreau --Selected quotes and excerpts.

Lao Tzu -- "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a step." The Tao Te Ching, translated by Gia- Fu Feng and Jane English.

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Ramana Maharshi-- ''That inner Self, as the primeval Spirit, Eternal, full and infinite Bliss, Shines in everyone...."

Selected quotes from his work.  Forty Verses On Reality  is included in its entirety.

Marianne Williamson -- An excerpt from the  book, Return to Love, Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. "Our deepest fear, is not that we are inadequate....."

Chief Seattle - His Speech to all people.

Nyanaponika Thera -- Passage On Metta (Loving-kindness), one of the four Buddhist Sublime States.

Nisargadatta Maharaj --Excerpts from the remarkable book, I Am That, talks with Nisargadatta Maharaj.

Vivekananda -- Selected excerpts on the soul, Truth, and the reality of being human.

Eckhart Tolle -- Selected excerpts and quotes from powerful works such as The Power of Now and Stillness Speaks.

Peace --Words of peace from various sources.

Rumi -- The Real Work, and two other excerpts.

Anthony de Mello -- "Spirituality means waking up.  Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep...."  Quotes and excerpts from his work.

don Juan/ Carlos Castaneda --The wisdom of don Juan de Matus, the teacher of Carlos Castaneda. Excerpts of his wisdom through Castaneda's books.

Osho --"Your whole idea about yourself is borrowed--

borrowed from those who have no idea of who they are themselves." Excerpts from this modern mystic.