I grieve that grief can teach me nothing. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind, he has descended into the secrets of all minds.

Prayer that craves a particular commodity — anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view. It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul. It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good. But prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg.

Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.