Books like The Imitation of Christ
12 books with a reading profile close to The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis. Deep, inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.
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The little flowers of the glorious Messer St. Francis and of his friars
by Francis of Assisi, Heywood, William, 1857-1919
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational
This collection of legends and anecdotes captures the early history of the Franciscan order, centering on the ministry of Saint Francis and his close companions like Brother Leo and Brother Bernard.
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The Art Spirit
by Robert Henri
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
Robert Henri presents a collection of letters, lectures, and studio notes that formulate a philosophy of creative living rather than a technical manual.
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The Weight of Glory
by C.S. Lewis
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
Originally delivered as a series of wartime sermons, this collection centers on the transition from temporal desire to eternal reality.
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The Practice of the Presence of God
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational
Brother Lawrence, a seventeenth-century lay brother in a Carmelite monastery, suggests that spiritual devotion belongs in the kitchen and the garden as much as the chapel.
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Letters from a Stoic
by Seneca
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
Lucius Annaeus Seneca authored this collection of practical correspondence addressed to his friend Lucilius.
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The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
by Epictetus
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
This text provides a modern interpretation of Epictetus’s Enchiridion, focusing on the distinction between what an individual can and cannot control.
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Letters from a Stoic
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
This collection of correspondence from the statesman Seneca to his friend Lucilius provides a practical blueprint for the Roman school of Stoicism.
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Meditations
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
Marcus Aurelius wrote these personal journals while leading military campaigns, using the pages to practice Stoic exercises rather than to address an audience.
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The Cost of Discipleship
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
Dietrich Bonhoeffer centers his argument on the distinction between cheap grace and costly grace.
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Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám
by Omar Khayyam, Tomoyé Press Bkp Cu-Banc
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
The Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám presents a series of four-line stanzas, or quatrains, attributed to the eleventh-century Persian polymath Omar Khayyám and translated into English by Edward FitzGerald.
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
Sogyal Rinpoche presents the principles of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, specifically the teachings on the bardo, or the intermediate states between life and death.
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