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- God needs no worship, no praise, no thanksgiving. It is man himself who needs the benefit to be derived from these activities.
- Peace is a costly privilege-to be fought for, attained and won. It comes only from a conquered mind.
- Outwardly one's life may suffer every kind of limitation, from bodily paralysis to miserable surroundings, but inwardly it is free in meditation to reach out…
- This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It dissolves mental tensions and heals negative…
- Let us accept the invitation, ever-open, from the Stillness, taste its exquisite sweetness, and heed its silent instruction.
- Whoever accepts the higher mission of art and comes nearer and nearer to it through his creative activity, will then go on from art to…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
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