"When man's consciousness is restricted only to the immediate vicinity of the human self, the deeper roots of his nature do not find their permanent soil, his spirit is ever on the brink of starvation, and in the place of healthful strength he substitutes rounds of stimulation. Then it is that man misses his inner perspective and measures his greatness by its bulk and not by its vital link with the infinite, judges his activity by its movement and not by the repose of perfection -- the repose which is in the starry heavens, in the ever-flowing rhythmic dance of creation."
