The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.
Spiritual achievement costs much, though never as much as it is worth.
The spiritual life of individuals has to be extended both vertically to God and horizontally to other souls; and the more it grows in both directions, the less merely individual and therefore more truly personal it will become.
The note we end on is and must be the note of inexhaustible possibility and hope.
It is immediately apparent, however, that this sense-world, this seemingly real external universe - though it may be useful and valid in other respects - cannot be the external world, but only the Self's projected picture of it. . . The evidence of the senses, then, cannot be accepted as evidence of the nature of ultimate reality; useful servants, they are dangerous guides.
The first question here, then, is not "What is best for my soul?" nor is it even "What is most useful to humanity?" But-transcending both these limited aims-what function must this life fulfill in the great and secret economy of God?
Mysticism is the passionate longing of the soul for God.
The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.
Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. I`m not the thief who grabs your purse. I`m not the guy who jacks your car. I`m not down with the people who steal and hurt others. I`m just a brother who fight back.
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.
When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.