Words and thoughts are often the great seeds that lead to personal change. They are the building blocks that touch, provoke, arouse, and stir the individual passions and desires that stimulate personal motivation.With Asian Words of Meaning readers will find over 800 motivational quotations, thoughts, and phrases from some of Asia's leading thinkers: Buddha, Confucius, Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Lao-Tzu, Paramahansa Yogananda, Rumi and many others. These quotations will provide the reader with a wealth of beliefs on spiritual guidance, understanding one's self, life, living, success, caring, service to others, and the pursuit of knowledge and learning.Part of the Asian Words of Wisdom series by Steven Howard, this book has been produced with a focal point on self-development and personal improvement.In Asian Words of Meaning Howard has included the quotes that moved, impressed, or got him thinking a bit harder, deeper, or even more lightly spirituality, self understanding, life, success, serving others, and having a greater purpose in life than one's self. He hopes these quotations from Asia's leading thinkers and sages through the years will do the same for readers, and providing inspiration and motivation for their own personal growth and development.