“I want first of all... to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact--to borrow from the language of the saints-- to live in grace as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony. I am seeking perhaps what Socrates asked for in the prayer from the Phaedrus when he said, May the outward and inward man be one. I would like to achieve a state of inner spiritual grace from which I could function and give as I was meant to in the eye of God.”
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 05:02:35 +0000