The extent to which we live from day to day, from week to week, intent on details and oblivious to larger presences, is a gauge of our impoverishment in time.

We pamper the present like a spoiled child, obeying its superficial demands but ignoring its real needs.

Plans made swiftly and intuitively are likely to have flaws. Plans made carefully and comprehensively are sure to.

True teachers not only impart knowledge and method but awaken the love of learning by their own reflected love.

Fast drivers can see no further than slow drivers, but they must look further down the road to time their reactions safely. Similarly, people with great projects afoot habitually look further and more clearly into the future than people who are mired in day-to-day concerns.

The mind which can totally and inanely forget its work and obligations is often also the mind which can, at the proper time, give them the fullest attention.

The recalling of beautiful things, whether they are your own experiences or the acheivements of others, is a creative act. Simple ideas can be restated by rote; but profound ideas must be recreated by will and imagination.