"What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind." -Buddha
"A gem cannot be polished without friction. A man cannot be perfected without trials." -Seneca
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person" -Mother Teresa
"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven." -Johannes A. Gaertner
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." -Albert Einstein
"Let us reach for the world that ought to be -- that spark of the divine that still stirs within each of our souls." -Barack Obama
"Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them." -Epictetus
Our Founding Principles:
To encourage collaboration and cooperation amongst diverse groups and individuals in an
effort to make a positive change in the world today,
To offer an eclectic approach to better understand ourselves and the world around us by
applying timeless and universal principles for effective action today.
To promote the discovery of the very best within ourselves and to nurture it in others.
Since the dawn of time, philosophy has played a major role in the
development of cities, culture, and leadership. The new challenges
of our times call for the return of this source of timeless wisdom,
as a driving force in shaping a new and better future enlightened by
humane values. For 50 years, New Acropolis has worked to revive philosophy
in the classical tradition, hence contributing to harmonize cultural
differences and offering a foundation for active and global peace.
Today, hundreds of branches in
over 45 countries around the world gather citizen-philosophers
passionate about the pursuit of human solidarity.
New Acropolis embraces and promotes principles of union inspired
by such philosophies as Pythagoreanism, Neoplatonism, Theosophy
and others, which in their time brought about real progress
in civilization.
Learn the teachings of East
and West.
Experience a dynamic and enriching
learning environment.
Apply the ancient teachings
through study, reflection, and practical exercises.
