I now see my life, not as a slow shaping of achievment to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know.

The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

It is weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.

There seemed to be endless obstacles ... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

There seemed to be endless obstacles-it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.