' Grace is Necessary '...

It does not lie within man's power to gain more than a glimpse of this diviner life.

If he is to be established firmly and lastingly in it,

then a descent of grace is absolutely necessary.

Artificial methods will never bring this about.

Rites and sacrifices and magical performances,

puzzling over Zen koans or poring over the newest books,

will never bring it.




-- Notebooks Category 18: The Reverential Life >
Chapter 5: Grace > # 100 Paul Brunton