Ideas worth spending time with.

It Works

I found this little book useful for thinking about priorities, purpose, and the next thing to work on.

The Millionaire Next Door

Money worries can weigh on us. This is one of the books I have valued for its perspective on financial habits and building wealth.

Creative Mind

Ernest Holmes

Talks on thought and spiritual life; the supplied copy is the revised 1923 edition.

Creative Mind and Success

Ernest Holmes

An early work on the relationship between thought, belief, and accomplishment.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

A fable about a seagull whose love of flight leads him beyond the expectations of his flock.

Psycho-Cybernetics

Maxwell Maltz

A classic exploration of self-image, imagination, and personal change.

Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master: A Yogi’s Autobiography

Sri M

Sri M’s autobiographical account of his spiritual search and encounters with his teacher.

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

Yogananda’s account of his life, teachers, and spiritual experiences.

Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand

Kamala Tiyavanich

Accounts of Thai forest monks and the communities and landscapes in which they practised.

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

A novel following one man’s search for understanding through the changing experiences of his life.

Our Ultimate Reality: Life, the Universe and the Destiny of Mankind

Adrian P. Cooper

Cooper’s exploration of consciousness, imagination, and his view of life beyond the physical world.

As a Man Thinketh

James Allen

A short reflection on thought, character, purpose, and a calmer mind.

Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul

Jane Roberts

Teachings presented through Jane Roberts as the voice of Seth, exploring identity, consciousness, and the soul.

Outwitting the Devil

Napoleon Hill

An imagined conversation about fear, habits, independent thinking, and finding direction.

Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

Hill’s ideas about clear aims, persistence, planning, and working with others.

Thoughts Are Things

Prentice Mulford

Essays exploring Mulford’s beliefs about thought, attention, and spiritual life.