by Ryan Holiday (2014)
Drawing from Marcus Aurelius and Stoic philosophy, Ryan Holiday demonstrates how legendary leaders turned immense obstacles and adversity into stepping stones for breakthrough success and fortitude.
Lao Tzu, Stephen Mitchell
The eighty-one short poetic verses of the Tao Te Ching deliver the foundation of Taoist wisdom: living in harmony with the natural flow of the universe through simplicity, humility, and effortless action (wu wei).
Lao Tzu
The foundational text of Taoism, consisting of eighty-one poetic chapters guiding readers to live in harmony with the Tao—the natural, effortless, yielding way of the universe.
Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays
Written without any thought of publication by the ruler of the Roman world, Meditations consists of private spiritual reflections, psychological exercises, and Stoic maxims for remaining serene, disciplined, and virtuous amidst chaos.
Martin Buber
Here the author completes his great lifework of the re-creation and interpretation of Hasidism, the popular communal mysticism that arose and flourished among the Jews of Eastern Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Shows that the God of the Bible and of Hasidism is the loving God whose love includes the demand that man make real his humanity through bringing every aspect of his life into his relation to God.