The Archive

365 teachings. Seven traditions. One river.

STOIC

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Marcus Aurelius· Meditations

TAOIST

Knowing others is wisdom. Knowing yourself is enlightenment.

Laozi· Tao Te Ching, Chapter 33

BUDDHIST

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

The Buddha· Dhammapada

HERMETIC

As above, so below; as below, so above. As within, so without; as without, so within.

Hermes Trismegistus· The Emerald Tablet

BIBLICAL

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.

Qoheleth· Ecclesiastes 3:1

SUFI

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.

Rumi· The Masnavi

STOIC

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Marcus Aurelius· Meditations, Book X

TAOIST

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

Laozi· Tao Te Ching, Chapter 1

BUDDHIST

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

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Padmasambhava· Tibetan Buddhist Teaching

PERENNIAL

The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me.

Meister Eckhart· Sermons

STOIC

He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive.

Seneca· Letters to Lucilius, Letter 78

SUFI

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Rumi· The Masnavi

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