Very few of us are capable of being Free Thinkers, needing neither to adore nor to insult God, the insult often being an act of faith more profound than adoration.
Alexandra David-NeelNature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious inner feelings and mysterious foreknowledge.
Alexandra David-NeelGuard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.
Alexandra David-NeelSuffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.
Alexandra David-Neel