Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

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.

Nature 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.

Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.

Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

"To fashion stars out of dog dung, that is the Great Work. To take a negative experience and, by comparing it to something worse, make it feel good, is the great skill."

The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.