To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

I've realized that somebody who's tired and needs a rest, and goes on working all the same is a fool.

Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were once at home by right of birth.

I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him. I would feel it to be the grossest sin if I were to oppose any resistance to this force.

The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.

The greatest potential for growth and self-realisation exists in the second half of life.

One of the main functions of formalized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.