We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.

To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and the inner world, not as they appear to an animal obsessed with words and notions, but as they are apprehended, directly and unconditionally, by Mind at Large-This is the experience of inestimable value to everyone.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.

In a few years, no doubt, marriage licences will be sold like dog licences, good for 12 months.

It is natural to believe in God when you're alone-- quite alone, in the night, thinking about death.