The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend

A majority of young people seem to develop mental arteriosclerosis forty years before they get the physical kind.

Ultimate Reality is not clearly and immediately apprehended except by those who have made themselves loving, pure in heart and poor in spirit.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

In spiritual matters, knowledge is dependent upon being; as we are, so we know.

Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better

Man has an almost infinite capacity for taking things and people for granted and thereby missing out on the pleasure of being grateful that things aren't worse and of praising and thereby lifting the spirits of others.