We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it.
Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
You must never fear anything at all.
No one can tell you what is right for you except yourself. So start telling yourself what to do. If you blunder for ten years while thinking for yourself, that is rich treasure when compared with living these ten years under the mental domination of another.
Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
Mysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.