Aldous Huxley

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.