Mysticism, according to its historical and psychological definitions, is the direct intuition or experience of God; and a mystic is a person who has, to a greater or less degree, such a direct experience -- one whose religion and life are centered, not merely on an accepted belief or practice, but on that which the person regards as first hand personal knowledge.

The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things. It is a part of every man's life; and until he has realized it, he is not a complete human being, has not entered into possession of all his powers.

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.

Never forget that the key of the situation lies in the will & not in the imagination.

We mostly spend those lives conjugating three verbs: to Want, to Have, and to Do.

The will is what matters---as long as you have that, you are safe.

All artists are of necessity in some measure contemplative.