Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without read more

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

My master's visualizations were so powerful
their condensation into matter was mere signature.
Donald Walters, formerly Kriyananda, author of The read more

My master's visualizations were so powerful
their condensation into matter was mere signature.
Donald Walters, formerly Kriyananda, author of The Path
about his guru Yogananda.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard read more

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.