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Who has hired you as a nurse to this sick society?
If a man would find the Key of Knowledge, let him find himself.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Time and space are but physiological colors which the eye makes, but the soul is light; where it is, is day; where it was, is night.
We have lost sight of the original harmony. If you could hear the sound that is produced by the sunflower as it keeps on turning its head toward the sun, the friction between the flower and the air, and if you could hear the sound produced by the galaxies, you would hear and realize that the system is based upon a basic harmony, the harmony of the spheres.
The central urge in every atom, to return to its divine source and origin.
It is said that if Noah’s Ark had had to be built by a company, they would not have laid the keel yet, and it may be so. What is many men’s business is nobody’s business. The greatest things are accomplished by individuals.
And we see that with all our imagined unworthiness and fear, with all our doubt and desire, it’s hard to be loving all the time. But it’s harder not be loving.
One of the marvels of the world
is the sight of a soul sitting in prison
with the key in his hand.
Everyone believes in virtue, but who is virtuous?
The Wise One instills the truth in whoever comes to Him yearning for freedom, who follows the true path, calming the tumult of his mind and bringing restfulness.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
The creation of a permanent ‘I’ must take place somewhere beyond the sphere of self-love. It must be brought into existence through a series of acts which cannot be initiated by self-love and so cannot start from the admiration of oneself. And for this reason many things are necessary before such acts can be self-initiated. The whole standpoint must change. The standpoint of materialism or sensualism cannot provide the right basis from which to start. Only the recognition that there are higher degrees of reality, and the emotions that such a recognition can rouse, can begin to give the right starting point. For such emotions do not lie in the sphere of the self-love.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
I find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.
What is the true test of character, unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life?
There are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.
The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tyrant.
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
Let none presume
To wear an undeserved dignity.
O, that estates, degrees, and offices
Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour
Were purchased by the merit of the wearer!
