The artist must raise the cup of his vision aloft to the gods in the high hope that they will pour into it the sweet mellow wine of inspiration.

The Quest not only begins in the heart but also ends there.

Worry is spiritual short sight... Its cure is intelligent faith.

Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The ego puts its own interest first and twists every argument, word, even fact to suit that interest.

That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds.

When spiritual seeking becomes too complicated, its exercies too elaborated, its doctrines too esoteric, it becomes also too artificial and the resulting achievements too fabricated. It is the beginners and intermediates who carry this heavy and unnecessary burden, who involve themselves to the point of becoming neurotics.

You may accept the inevitable with bitterness and resentment or with patience and grace. Mere acceptance is not sufficient.