Saadi Shirazi was a highly influential Persian poet and writer who lived in the 13th century. He is best known today for his works 'Gulistan', 'Bustan' and for his extensive love poetry (ghazals). Together with Rumi and Hafez, he is considered one of the three...
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20 Spiritual Quotes by the Neoplatonists of the Ancient World
Derived from the thoughts of Plato, neoplatonism was a philosophical tradition that took its distinct form in Egypt through the thoughts of the 3rd century Alexandrian philosopher Ammonius Saccas, but reached its climax in the works of his student Plotinus, who was...
21 Spiritual Quotes On Death and Dying
Our societies here in the western world have done a excellent job of distancing its citizens from the topic of death. Anything related to death and dying has kinda been hidden from the view of the public, where talking about it is almost taboo. In some ways this is...
16 Spiritual Quotes On Awakening and Ego-Death
Ego-death, awakening, enlightenment.. These are some of the words and concepts we hear about in spiritual circles; but what do they really mean? Are there genuine experiences we as humans can have that correspond to these spiritual notions or are they just figments of...
25 Spiritual Quotes on Love and the Mystical Experience
For some love means nothing.. It simply doesn't exist. It's just a made up feel-good word to describe mere chemical reactions in the brain. For others, the so called hopeless romantics, life is all about finding love, the right person or your soulmate. Which of these...
14 Spiritual Quotes by the Sage Hermes Trismegistus
Few have expressed the inexpressible as compellingly as Hermes Trismegistus. But who was he really? Will we ever know? What we do know is that Hermes Trismegistus was/is the alleged and attributed author of the Hermetic Corpus, an influential set of writings on...