When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self - the great secret!

People know, or dimly feel, that if thinking is not kept pure and keen, and if respect for the world of mind is no longer operative, ships and automobiles will soon cease to run right, the engineer's slide rule and the computations of banks and stock exchanges will forfeit validity and authority, and chaos will ensue.

Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.

Romantic souvenirs had a way of attaching themselves to one when one wanted to move on, but they were not to be taken seriously.

Faith is stronger than so-called reality.

It was lovely, and tempting, to exert power over men and to shine before others, but power also had its perditions and perils.

What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life