Wisdom of the Ages: 60 Days to Enlightenment

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.
Footprints, that perhaps another, sailing o'er life's solemn main, a forlorn and shipwrecked brother, seeing, shall take heart again.-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In his inspiring new book, Wisdom of the Ages, bestseling author Dr. Wayne W. Dyer posed the question:

'What do our ancestral scholars, whom we consider the wisest and most spiritually advanced, have to say to us today?'

The answer lies in this powerful collection of writings, poems, and sayings by some of the greatest thinkers of the past twenty-five centuries. In succinct original essays, Dyer sets out to explain the meaning and context of each piece of show more wisdom, and, most important, to explain how we can actively apply these teachings to our modern lvies.

From sixty ancestral masters-Buddha, Michelangelo, Rumi, Whitman, Jesus, Emily Dickinson, and Emerson, among others-here are treasured passages on a variety of subjects, including solitude, time, and passion. Among the contributions are words on inspiration from Pantanjali (c. 1st to 3rd centruy B.C.), author of the Hindu classic, Yoga Sutras; teachings about the power of prayer from 13t-century monk St. Francis of Assisi; and thughts about the improtance of actin written by Moterh Teresa.

The voices collected here cut across a wide range of historical eras and cultures, yet they communicate universal truths about the human experience. Wisdom of the Ages provides us with a marvelous dual opportunity: to receive guidance from our great ancestors and to recognize our own potential for greatness.

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer is the bestselling author of thirteen books of nonfiction and three textbooks, and has a doctorate in counseling psychology. He lectures across the country to groups numbering in the thousands and appears regularly on radio and television. He lives with his family in southern Florida.

'This book is not about appreciating poetry and philosophy as much as it is about applying the wisdom of these writers to our everyday lives. All the selections in this book convey messages from sensitive, highly creative, and productive individuals who were alive here at one time, just as you and I are today.'-Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pythagoras and Blaise Pascal Meditation
Buddha Knowing
Lao-tzu Leadership
Confucious Patience
Patanjali Inspiration
Marcus Tullius Cicero Triumph
Jesus of Nazareth Being childlike
Epictetus Divinity
Zen Proverb Enlightenment
Omar Khayyam The now
St. Francis of Assisi Prayer
Jalaluddin Rumi Grief as a blessing
Leonardo da Vinci Balance
Michelangelo Hope
Sir Deward Dyer Mind power
William Shakespeare Mercy
John Donne Oneness
John Milton Time
Alexander Pope Humility
John Keats Truth/Beauty
Percy Bysshe Sheeley Passion
William Blake Communication
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Boldness/Action
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Imagination
William Wordsworth Nature
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Romantic love
Henry David Thoreau Nonconformity
Chief Seattle, Oren Lyons, Wolf Song, Walking Buffalo, and Luther Standing Bear Reverence for Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson Judgment; Self-reliance
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Enthusiasm
Emily Dickinson Immortality
Robert Browning Perfection
Herman Melville Soul center
John Greenleaf Whittier Regrets
Alfred, Lord Tennyson Fear and risk-taking
Walt Whitman Physical perfection
Lewis Carroll Agelessness
Stephen Crane Kindness
Algernon Charles Swinburne Laughter
William James Visualization
Joyce Kilmer Family and home
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Solitude
William Jennings Bryan Mystery
Kahil Gibran Work
Rudyard Kipling Inspiration
William Butler Yeats Soul love
Rabindranath Tagore Highest self
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Privacy
George Bernard Shaw Self-image
Paramahansa Yogananda Suffering
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Love's energy
e.e. cummings Individuality
Robert Frost Independence
Dorothy Parker Appreciation
Langston Hughes Forgiveness
Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolence
Ogden Nash Comparison
Mother Teresa Action/Doing
Wayne W. Dyer Awe show less

Some fantastic quotations from famous people, but Dyer doesn't seem to have a great understanding of them. Still worth reading to find more people to read.

60 passages from figures who walked this earth. Each passage deals with an emotion, ideology, thought or trait. Dyer interprets the passage and how it reflects on the subject. Some of them are very good, others alright. Can always go back and read individual passages as it suites you.

Philosophy and ethics for the modern age drawn from ancient and time-honored resources.

From the dust jacket: "Dr. Dyer is the bestselling author of thirteen books of nonfiction and three textbooks and has a doctorate in counseling psychology. He lectures across the country to groups numbering in the thousands and appears regularly on radio and television." About the work: "From sixty ancestral masters--Buddha, Michelangelo, Rumi, Whitman, Jesus, Emily Dickinson and Emerson, among others--here are treasured passages on a variety of subjects, including solitude, time, and passion." Dyer annotates each passage and "...explain[s] how we can actively apply these teachings to our modern lives."

Comment intégrer des vérités éternelles dans votre vie de tous les jours ? La réponse à cette question se trouve dans ces prodigieux textes écrits par certains des plus grands penseurs des vingt-cinq derniers siècles. Le Dr Dyer nous explique la signification de ces morceaux de sagesse et plus important, comment nous pouvons les appliquer dans nos vies. Les voix réunies ici appartiennent à différentes époques et à différentes cultures, néanmoins elles nous parlent de vérités universelles touchant la condition humaine. La sagesse des anciens nous offre une occasion unique de prendre conscience que nous pouvons, nous aussi, aspirer à la grandeur.

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