Best Paul Brunton Quotes
- Our greatest illusion is disillusion. We imagine that we are disillusioned with life, when the truth is that we have not even begun to live. Begun
- Whoever lives in the spirit lives in perennial peace. It is a happy peace, a smiling peace, but one is not lost in it. One… Aware
- When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one. Bad
- Man is more miserable, more restless and unsatisfied than ever before, simply because half his nature--the spiritual--is starving for true food, and the other half--the… Bad
- Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little… Ego
- Deep down within the heart there is a stillness which is healing, a trust in the universal laws which is unwavering, and a strength which… Both
- Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an… Accept
- He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try. Beginning
- Living in the present moment means living according to truth and principle (but not according to hard rigid dogma) flexibly applied in the particular way… According
- Such excessive preoccupation with his faults is not a truly spiritual activity but, on the contrary, a highly egoistic one.The recognition of his own faults… Activity
- If outer events bring him to a position where he can bear them no longer and force him to cry out to the higher power… Bear
- That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds. Amid
- The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its… Apart
- This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity, because it tries… Able
- Every test successfully met is rewarded by some growth in intuitive knowledge, strengthening of character, or initiation into a higher consciousness. Character
- Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The ego puts its… Absolutely
- When it seems humanly impossible to do more in a difficult situation, surrender yourself to the inner silence and thereafter wait for a sign of… Difficult
- Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more… Alone
- Worry is spiritual short sight... Its cure is intelligent faith... Cure