I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as read more

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it read more

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more read more

How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.

Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.

Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier read more

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

Your spirit is the true shield.

Your spirit is the true shield.

If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, read more

If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?