Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.

Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries?

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will... An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.

...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.

Our life is always deeper than we know, is always more divine than it seems, and hence we are able to survive degradations and despairs which otherwise must engulf us.