The Archive

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

— Marcus Aurelius· Meditations

“Knowing others is wisdom. Knowing yourself is enlightenment.”

— Laozi· Tao Te Ching, Chapter 33

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

— The Buddha· Dhammapada

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

— Hermes Trismegistus· The Emerald Tablet

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

— Qoheleth· Ecclesiastes 3:1

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

— Rumi· The Masnavi

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

— Marcus Aurelius· Meditations, Book X

“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