Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

It is meritorious to insist on forms; religion and all else naturally clothes itself in forms. Everywhere the formed world is the only habitable one.

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.

Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man.

The mystery of a person, indeed, is ever divine to him that has a sense for the godlike.

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, a real possession and acquirement.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.