The Archive

376 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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