Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience will have been rendered: not a mere statement for the information or persuasion of a brain, but an effective communication across the void of space and time from one center of consciousness to another.

Marriage . . . is not a love affair; it is an ordeal. (92)

The mind of man, cleansed of secondary and merely temporal concerns, beholds with the radiance of a cleansed mirror a reflection of the rational mind of God.

It's only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.

God is within you. You yourself are your creator. If you find that place in yourself from which you brought this thing about, you will be able to live with it and affirm it, perhaps even enjoy it, as your life.

When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.

I don't need faith. I have experience.