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Livesofgreatmenallremindus
Wecanmakeourlivessublime,
And,departing,leavebehindus
Footprintsonthesandsoftime.Footprints,thatperhapsanother,
Sailingo'erlife'ssolemnmain,
Aforlornandshipwreckedbrother,
Seeing,shalltakeheartagain.
--HenryWadsworthLongfellowInhisinspiringnewbook,WisdomoftheAges,bestsellingauthorDr.WayneW.Dyerposesthequestion:"Whatdoourancestralscholars,whomweconsiderthewisestandmostspirituallyadvanced,havetosaytoustoday?"Theanswerliesinthispowerfulcollectionofwritings,poems,andsayingsbysomeofthegreatestthinkersofthepasttwenty-fivecenturies.Insuccinctoriginalessays,Dyersetsouttoexplainthemeaningandcontextofeachpieceofwisdom,and,mostimportant,toexplainhowwecanactivelyapplytheseteachingstoourmodernlives.Fromsixtyancestralmasters--Buddha,Michelangelo,Rumi,Whitman,Jesus,EmilyDickinson,andEmerson,amongothers--herearetreasuredpassagesonavarietyofsubjects,includingsolitude,time,andpassion.AmongthecontributionsarewordsoninspirationfromPantanjali(c.1stto3rdcenturyb.c.),authoroftheHinduclassic,YogaSutras;teachingsaboutthepowerofprayerfrom13th-centurymonkSt.FrancisofAssisi;andthoughtsabouttheimportanceofactionwrittenbyMotherTeresa.Thevoicescollectedherecutacrossawiderangeofhistoricalerasandcultures,yettheycommunicateuniversaltruthsaboutthehumanexperience.WisdomoftheAgesprovidesuswithamarvelousdualopportunity:toreceiveguidancefromourgreatancestorsandtorecognizeourownpotentialforgreatness.