“I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.”

“How can the feeling man resist feeling, the loving one love? Who has not experienced the overwhelming power of melody? And what else is melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of fee...”

“If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism at least in the sense of this work is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed o...”

“Faith does not limit itself by the idea of a world, a universe, a necessity.”

“Faith in the power of prayer is faith in miraculous power; and faith in miracles is the essence of faith in general. [F]aith is nothing else than confidence in the reality of the subjective in ...”

“The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.”

“What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.”

“What I aim to do is not so much learn the names of the shreds of creation that flourish in this valley, but to keep myself open to their meanings, which is to try to impress myself at all times wit...”

“Pleasure brings pain, but inner silence brings nothing negative; it is in itself of great value and is a far better way to be than to be in ego states.”