It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find read more

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.

Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Just do what you do best.

Just do what you do best.

Wise men still seek Him today.

Wise men still seek Him today.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly read more

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Kahlil Gibran.