The Quotable Spirit: A Treasury of Religious and Spiritual Quotations from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century

by Peter Lorie

Book Overview

Spanning centuries, continents, and cultures, this treasury of more than 5,000 religious and spiritual quotations brings together a diverse collection of memorable words--from Buddha, Jesus, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 002861206X
• ISBN13: 9780028612065
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Spiritual Quotations with Eastern and New Age Emphases

This is one of three books of religious quotations I keep handy for preparing my sermons and other religious writings. The other two are Treasury of Religous Quotations (Tomlinson) and The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations (Parrinder).Lorie is a writer/publisher with a special interest in New Age topics. He spent two years in a Tibetan monestary. Mascetti was educated in Switzerland, is fluent in five languages, and spends a month each year at an Indian ashram. As you might expect, their collection has a greater emphasis on Asian religious traditions and New Age topics than my other two quote books. European religious traditions are not ignored, but they are not the overpowering influence found in the other books.The 2000+ quotations in this collection are arranged under 43 topics. Within each topic, the quotations are arranged chronologically. The length of each quote varies greatly (more than my other collections). At the extremes, Geoffrey Chaucer's quote under "Love" is only three words while Pierre Tielhard de Chardin gets a whole page on "World." Sources popular with the New Age movement (or just the editors' favorites--it's hard to tell) tend to have longer quotes.An appendix provides brief biographies for all 500+ people cited. These range from a phrase to a paragraph in length, again apparently determined by the editors' interest in the person. I found the key-phrase index to be nearly useless, as each phrase is listed by the first word rather than a significant word, e.g. "As lightning on a Landscape" (Dickinson) is alphabetized under "A." The name index is more helpful.The sources most frequently cited (other than scriptures or founders of world religions) are: St. Augustine, Francis Bacon, Albert Camus, Carlos Castaneda, Da Free John (Adido), Ralph Waldo Emerson, Kahlil Gibran, Hakim Abu' L-Majd Majdud Sanai of Ghazna, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Nikos Kazantzakis, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Juddhu Krishnamurti, Uppalura Gopala Krisnamurti, D. H. Lawrence, Michel Eyquem Montaigne, Mr. Tut-Tut, Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), William Shakespeare, The Shivapuri Baba, Virgil (Publius Virgilius Maro), Alan Watts, and Yogaswami.Several editions of this book have been issued by different publishers, so do a quick search to find the best price and/or condition.