A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. 

Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! 

101 Zen Koans for Daily Zen 

• What is a koan? A kōan is a story, dialogue, question, or statement which is used in Zen practice to provoke the "great doubt" and test a student's progress in Zen practice. 
• Wriitten late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju, and from anecdotes of Zen monks taken from various books published in Japan around the turn of the 20th century 
• TIP: Take time to ponder and read at a leisurely pace

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." ~ Maya Angelou

This book is a categorized collection of selected quotes by Maya Angelou, the prolific and successful poet best known for her series of seven autobiographies. In 1993, Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" (1993) at the first inauguration of Bill Clinton, making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects
  
• A great quote collection to have at fingertips for daily reading, use in blog posts, stories, statuses, and as a treasure trove of words and ideas.   
• Also includes best lines from poems
• TIP: Highlight your favorites and return anytime you want. Use a pencil for paperback.

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito." ~ Dalai Lama

This book is a categorized collection of selected quotes by Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama), the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhists are followers of Gautama Buddha (c. 563–c. 483 B.C.E. ), who believed the troubles of this life can be overcome through moral and mental discipline.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects
• Inspirational and uplifting quotes, deep and profound, short, wise and enlightening, love, god and religion, life and mortality, etc.)
• Perfect for daily reading
• TIP: 1) Absorb the wisdom and ponder at a leisurely pace. 2) Practice.
  
  

“Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

This book is a categorized collection of profound quotes by Nietzsche, who is among the most notorious and controversial thinkers in the western intellectual tradition. He aimed to philosophize “with a hammer,” to demolish the philosophical tradition founded by Socrates and Plato and slaughter its most sacred cows. Central to that tradition is the value placed on truth, reason, objectivity, and a moral system based on altruism and self-sacrifice.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects (inspirational and uplifting, beautiful and profound, wit and humorous, wise and enlightening, aphorisms, god and religion, love, art, solitude, views and opinions, etc) for daily reading
• Convenient and easy navigation
• Perfect gift for wisdom lovers
• TIP: Take time to ponder and read at a leisurely pace. Slow down and enjoy the profundity.

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

 ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

"Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call." ~ Oprah Winfrey

This book is a categorized collection of selected quotes by Oprah Winfrey, the American darling whose talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects (inspirational and uplifting, beautiful and profound, short and pithy, reflections, wise and enlightening, love, opinions, god and religion, etc.)
• TIP: This book contains a wealth of bite-sized inspiration. Read at a leisurely pace.

• Bonus: Includes a great collection of Oprah facts and trivia

"If you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart - the people who truly love you want you to love yourself."  - Oprah

Fact sneak peek

She was originally named Orpah Gail Winfrey by her biological aunt, a word found in the Bible, which was also recorded on her birth certificate. Due to misspellings and mispronunciations, she decided to change her name to Oprah, the household name we all know of today.

Oprah has always been an entertainer. Even when she was a poverty-stricken young girl, she found ways to be on stage. Her grandmother said that she would interview her cornhusk doll amidst the crows that would hang around their house. Oprah has a natural talent of finding beauty even in adversity.

"Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities." ~ D.T. Suzuki

This book is a categorized collection of Zen quotes from across time and geography that captures the essence of Zen school of thought and lifestyle.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects
• Includes an introduction on Zen
• Perfect for daily reading
  
• NOTE: The quotes were chosen to reflect Zen school of thought, and were not merely restricted to quotes by Zen masters. (example, see below a "zen" quote by Dr. Seuss)
  

"And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked." ~ Dr. Seuss

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about." 

~ Rumi

Categorized collection of selected quotes by the legendary Persian poet Rumi

Rumi's verses speak to the human experience from a universal perspective, transcending all religions and cultural boundaries. They are as relevant today as when he wrote them 800 years ago, as evidenced by Rumi's phenomenal worldwide popularity.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects (inspirational, beautiful, profound, short and pithy quotes, wise and enlightening, on love, life, god and religion, etc.) for daily reading
• Convenient and easy navigation
• TIP: Rumi quotes are well-known for being wise, thought-provoking and powerful. Take time to ponder and read at a leisurely pace. Slow down and enjoy the profundity.

"Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad."

 ~ Rumi

"If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!" ~ John Lennon

This book is a categorized collection of selected quotes by John Lennon, the famed singer-songwriter of the Beatles, a band that impacted the popular music scene like no other before, or since.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects (inspirational and uplifting, deep and profound, witty and humorous, reflections, wise and enlightening, love, songwriting, views and opinions, god and religion, interviews, etc.)
• TIP: Play some Beatles in the background while you enjoy the quotes.

• Bonus: Includes a great collection of Lennon/Beatles facts and trivia

"Ringo is Ringo, that's all there is to it. And he's every bloody bit as warm, unassuming, funny and kind as he seems. He was quite simply the heart of the Beatles."  - John Lennon

Fact sneak peek

The avant garde film Self Portrait was a 15-minute time lapse of Lennon's erect penis. What a lad. Ironically, the Lennon/Ono movie Erection was actually a time lapse of a tower block being built.

Dining with his former producer, George Martin, one night years after the band had split up, John revealed to Martin that he’d like to re-record every Beatles song. Completely amazed, Martin asked him, “Even ‘Strawberry fields’?”  His response, “Especially ‘Strawberry Fields'”.

Namaste. I honour the place in you where the entire universe resides… a place of light, of love, of truth, of peace, of wisdom. I honour the place in you where when you are in that place and I am in that place there is only one of us.
 ~ Mahatma Gandhi

This book is a categorized collection of selected quotes by Mahatma Gandhi, the primary leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil disobedience that would influence the world. Mahatma has an honorific meaning "great-soul" or "venerable" in Sanskrit. He was first called this in 1914 in South Africa. He is also called Bapu in India 

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects
• Inspirational and uplifting quotes, deep and profound, short, wise and enlightening, love, god and religion, life and mortality, etc.)
• Perfect for daily reading
• TIP: 1) Absorb the wisdom and ponder at a leisurely pace. 2) Practice.
  
  

"Since the greatest part of what we say and do is unnecessary, dispensing with such activities affords a man more leisure and less uneasiness." ~ Marcus Aurelius

This book is a categorized collection of selected quotes by Marcus Aurelius, the last great emperor, leader and stoic of Rome. Best known for his Meditations on Stoic philosophy, Marcus Aurelius has symbolized for many generations in the West the Golden Age of the Roman Empire.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects (inspirational and uplifting, deep and profound, witty and humorous, reflections, wise and enlightening, love and life, god and religion, truth and rationality, leadership, discipline, changes, etc.)
• TIP: Stoicism can be a tool to amplify your human experience, both internally and externally. Take time to appreciate and ponder on the wisdom.
  

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."  ~ Bruce Lee

This book is a categorized collection of striking quotes by Bruce Lee, the legendary martial artist whose philosophy has caught fire around the world with a new generation seeking meaning and consciousness.

• Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects (inspirational and uplifting, humorous, wise and enlightening, flow and adaptability, happiness, change, spirituality,  personal advice, self-awareness, etc.)
• TIP: Take time to absord the profundity of these life-changing quotes. Read at a leisurely pace.

• Bonus: Includes a great collection of Bruce Lee facts and trivia

Fact sneak peek

• A fan of cannabis, Bruce Lee enjoyed chewing the herb in the days before bespoke edibles. He was a cannabis user for over 10 years.
• Bruce Lee wasn’t a fan of swimming pools. This was because as a child he teased his sister by pushing her into a pool. She then reacted by taking him and holding his head underwater for a long period of time, making him promise to never do it again. Not only would he never do it again, he wouldn’t even go near a swimming pool after.

Mulla Nasruddin and two other saints went for a pilgrimage to Mecca. They were passing through a village, it was the last phase of their journey. Their money was almost finished; just a little bit was left. They purchased a certain sweet called halva, but it was not enough for all the three and they were too hungry. What to do? — and they were not even ready to divide it because then it will not fulfill anybody’s hunger. So everybody started bragging about himself that, “I am more important to existence, so my life has to be saved.”

The first saint said, “I have been fasting, I have been praying for so many years; nobody here present is more religious and holy than I am. And God wants me to be saved, so the halva has to be given to me.”

The second saint said, “Yes, I know, you are a man of great austerities, but I am a great scholar. I have studied all the scriptures, my whole life I have devoted in the service of knowledge. And the world does not need people who can fast. What can you do? — you can only fast. You can fast in heaven! The world needs knowledge. The world is so ignorant that it cannot afford to miss me. The halva has to be given to me.”

Mulla Nasruddin said, “I am not an ascetic, so I cannot claim any self-control. I am not a great knowledgeable person either, so that too I cannot claim. I am an ordinary sinner, and I have heard that God is always compassionate to the sinners. The halva belongs to me.”

They could not come to any conclusion. Finally they decided that, “We all three should sleep without eating the halva, and let God decide himself. So whosoever is given the best dream by God, in the morning that dream will be decisive.”

In the morning the saint said, “Nobody can compete with me anymore. Give me the halva — because in the dream I kissed God’s feet. That is the ultimate that one can hope — what greater experience can there be?”

The pundit, the scholar, the knowledgeable person laughed and he said, “That is nothing — because God hugged me and kissed me! You kissed his feet? He kissed ME and hugged me! Where is the halva? It belongs to me.”

They looked at Nasruddin and asked, “What dream did you have?”

Nasruddin said, “I am a poor sinner, my dream was very ordinary — very ordinary, not worth even telling. But because you insist and because we have agreed, I will tell you. In my sleep God appeared and he said, ‘You fool! What are you doing? Eat the halva!’ So I have eaten it — because how can I deny his order? There is no halva left now!”

The Little Book of Sufi Parables: Short Stories on Wisdom and Spirituality

• Sufi Masters have been using short stories to teach people important life lessons. In just a few paragraphs, the Sufis are able to convey messages that others can hardly do in hundreds of pages. This great compilation of stories offer insights into their wisdom and inspirations.
• Perfect for anyone who appreciates good storytelling, and philosophical & spiritual questioning.