Here is a list of the many spiritual teachers quoted on this episode of Spiritual Literacy. Listed are the author, the title of the reading, the original source of the reading, and the page in Spiritual Literacy (SL) or another book where you will find it.
- Albert Einstein and Henry W. Longfellow: The Most Beautiful Emotion
- Various Voices: X Is for Mystery
- Eduardo Galeano: Baptism on the Coast from Walking Words, p. 50, SL
- Jean Shinoda Bolen: Good Samaritans from Crossing to Avalon, p. 486, SL
- Edith Sullwold: Dreams Are Always a Mystery from Sacred Stories, p. 281, SL
- Jane Kenyon: The Bat from The Boat Of Quiet Hours: "The Bat", p. 172, SL
- James Carse: Mysticism at the Deli from Breakfast at the Victory, p. 306, SL
- Mary Oliver: The Great Horned Owls from Blue Pastures, p. 192, SL
- Robert Fulghum: Man Sitting on His Grave from From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives, p. 400, SL
- Paul Reps: A Letter to a Dying Man from Zen Flesh Zen Bones
- Frederick Franck: The Bee, the Snowflake, and the Fat Man from Fingers Pointing Toward the Sacred, p. 504, SL
- Mother Teresa: God, the Friend of Silence from Legacy of the Heart
- Father Theophane: The Great Silence from Soul Food by Jack Kornfield and Christina Feldman
