Never before have the open secrets of both East and the West been so close to one's fingertips. Huddled in the forthcoming pages are not token authors from the -other- side of the world, but a balanced collection of unearthed gems to be found in any one quote book. Ideas born from both halves of our diminutive planet by the world's greatest thinkers-warriors, philosophers, poets, academics, saints, and prophets alike-who reflect, with us in tow, on such subjects as the nature of time, love, morality, beauty, success, the divine, and for that matter the very words we utter. It is in this...