God isn't the son of Memory; He's the son of Immediate Experience. You can't worship a spirit in spirit, unless you do it now. Wallowing in the past may be good literature. As wisdom, it's hopeless. Time Regained is Paradise Lost, and Time Lost is Paradise Regained. Let the dead bury their dead. If you want to live at every moment as it presents itself, you've got to die to every other moment.

In regard to man's final end, all the higher religions are in complete agreement. The purpose of human life is the discovery of Truth, the unitive knowledge of the Godhead.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Cleanliness is next to fordliness.

What’s the point of truth or beauty or knowledge when anthrax bombs are popping all around you?

The proper study of mankind is books.

Good is that which makes for unity. Evil is that which makes for separateness.