The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind...that encounters it.

This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute is the great mystic achievement. In mystic states we both become one with the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness. This is the everlasting and triumphant mystical tradition, hardly altered by differences of clime or creed.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly.

Positive images of the future are a powerful and magnetic force... They draw us on and energize us, give us courage and will to take on important initiatives. Negative images of the future also have a magnetism. They pull the spirit downward in the path of despair.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.