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Roberto Calasso
“Whatever else it might be, the divine is certainly the thing that imposes with maximum intensity the sensation of being alive.”
Roberto Calasso, Literature and the Gods

Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett

William Wordsworth
“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.”
William Wordsworth

“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
Mary Oliver

David Steindl-Rast
“Monastic contemplatives have staked out a clearly limited area to be transformed by contemplation: the monastery. Lay contemplatives face the challenge of transforming the whole world.”
David Steindl-Rast

5989 Clean Reads — 6937 members — last activity Mar 09, 2026 09:20PM
This is a group for people who love to read a good book, but don't want to have to put it down one chapter in because of things that, if it were a mov ...more
12566 Open Mind, Open Heart — 261 members — last activity Aug 16, 2025 02:17PM
This is a group for those who are currently living in the present (the now), or for those interested in learning more about metaphysical concepts for ...more
25x33 Unity Book Group — 6 members — last activity Oct 18, 2010 06:59AM
We read and discuss books of a spiritual nature.
35422 Mindful Reading Club — 193 members — last activity May 21, 2020 11:48AM
A group in Oxford, MS that reads works dealing with mindfulness, spirituality, meditation, and yoga.
1165121 Good Books, Better You — 36 members — last activity Oct 28, 2023 08:09AM
Consider "Good Books Better You" a support group where everyone can share their experience with self-help literature on body, mind, and spirit. Just p ...more
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