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Why do you look without for that which is within you?
Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Watchfulness is the path of immortality; unwatchfulness is the path of death. Those who are watchful never die; those who do not watch are already as dead.
The great challenge is living your wounds through instead of thinking them through. It is better to cry than to worry, better to feel your wounds deeply than to try to understand them, better to let them enter into your silence than to talk about them. The choice you face constantly is whether you are taking your hurts to your head or to your heart.
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members… Self-reliance is its aversion.
Have you again forgotten? Don’t you know that a good man does nothing for the sake of appearances, only for the sake of what is right?
Inasmuch as we neither seek nor shun any object except as our understanding represents it as either good or bad, all that is necessary to right action is right judgement… and the assurance of such an acquisition cannot fail to render us contented.
There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of the fulfilment of every contract, so that honest service cannot come to loss. If you serve an ungrateful master, serve him the more. Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.
A philosopher’s school is a hospital. You should feel discomfort, not pleasure, in it, for on entering, no one is well and whole. One has a disjointed shoulder, another a wound, a third suffers from a cut, and a fourth has a headache. Am I then to sit down and give you a treat of pretty words and empty sentiments, so you may applaud me and depart, with neither shoulder nor wound, cut, nor headache any better for your visit?
How can any external revelation help me unless it is verified by internal experience?
I would study, I would know, I would admire forever. These works of thought have been the entertainments of the human spirit in all ages.
Remain in peace; the fervor of devotion does not depend upon yourself; all that lies in your power is the direction of your will. Give that up to God without reservation. The important question is not how much you enjoy religion, but whether you will whatever God wills. Humbly confess your faults; be detached from the world, and abandoned to God; love him more than yourself, and his glory more than your life; the least you can do is to desire and ask for such a love. God will then love you and put his peace in your heart.
All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
A free mind has power to achieve all things.
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance… it transcends speech… it is the bodily symbol of identity.
Truth is too simple for us… we do not like those who unmask our illusions.
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
Let other people labor at debates and difficulties and arguments.
You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
