“It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.”

Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.

All troubles come to an end when the ego dies

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

Great men have the nature of a child.

So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.

Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.

The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.

The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.

Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.

So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.

Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.

Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?

Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.

You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.

A complex and intricate book full of elegant ideas and finely-drawn characters.

I think that we’re always drawn – particularly sophisticated people – are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.

and so judge of the part played by each of them during those old convulsive movements whereby her limbs were contorted and drawn up into their present posture.

They are drawn to spikes and pentagrams, gasoline, guitars screaming like whips, MIDI-programmed Thanatos, with sufficient amplitude to occupy that hollow space where consciousness once resided.

How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life likewise dazzled the eye

Identifying pain in others was easy for me. I was drawn to it in some strange perverse way.

I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It’s almost as if you’re drawn to it.

There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.