To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process

Philosophers say the Soul is double-faced, her upper face gazes at God all the time and her lower face looks somewhat down, informing the senses; and the upper face, which is the summit of the soul, is in eternity and has nothing to do with time: it knows nothing of time or of body.

To be properly expressed a thing must proceed from within, moved by its form: it must come, not in from without but out from within.

To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and hold fast to him there, or he must give up his work altogether. Since, however, we cannot live without activities that are both human and various, we must learn to keep God I everything we do, and whatever the job or place, keep on with him, letting nothing stand in our way.

When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order

Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.

One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.