Covering topics ranging from atheism to peace to wisdom, the thousands of quotations offer the collective wisdom of centuries of religious & spiritual thought. Representative of all major religious creeds, it is a one-stop storehouse of answers as well as inspiration. It offers comfort & the keys to introspection. And it is indispensable for the writer or speaker who seeks to illustrate a point. Each quotation is listed alphabetically by author under one of the hundreds of quick-reference subject headings & is accompanied by source & date when possible. An authoritative, contemporary encyclopedic source for the best that has been said & written about matters of the spirit.