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Paul Brunton was a British journalist and writer known for his interest in Eastern philosophy and mysticism. His works, such as 'A Search in Secret India' and 'The Quest of the Overself', had a profound impact on the Western world in the mid-20th century.

Famous Paul Brunton Quotes

“Man is more miserable, more restless and unsatisfied than ever before, simply because half his nature--the spiritual--is starving for true food, and the other half--the material--is fed with bad food.”

Men Spiritual Half Materials Miserable Feds Restless Starving Other Half Unsatisfied Bad Food

Book:The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Pt. 1 Healing of the Self; Pt. 2 the Negatives

Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Pt. 1 Healing of the Self; Pt. 2 the Negatives

“Such excessive preoccupation with his faults is not a truly spiritual activity but, on the contrary, a highly egoistic one.The recognition of his own faults should make a man humbler, when it is beneficial, not prouder, which the thought that he ought to have been above these faults makes him.”

Men Should Has Beens Spiritual Ought Activity Faults Contrary Recognition Beneficial Preoccupation

Book:The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Practices for the Quest; Relax and Retreat

Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Practices for the Quest; Relax and Retreat

“Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.”

Men Needs Imagine Strength He Man Depends Solitude Weakness Crowds Nerves Dependence Being Alone People In Your Life Loneliness And Solitude

Author:Paul Brunton

“No man who has lived through a temporary spiritual experience is ever likely to forget it. His days will be haunted until he sets out to seek ways and means of repeating it.”

Men Way Mean Soul Spiritual Forget Temporary Forget It Spiritual Experience

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“The seeker after stillness should be told that the stillness is always there. Indeed it is in every man. But he has to learn, first, to let it in and, second, how to do so. The first beginning of this is to remember. The second is to recognize the inward pull. For the rest, the stillness itself will guide and lead him to itself.”

“God needs no worship, no praise, no thanksgiving. It is man himself who needs the benefit to be derived from these activities.”

Men Needs Gratitude Activity Benefits Worship Praise

Book:The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

“Look how the smaller birds greet the sun, with so much merry chirruping and so much outpouring of song! It is their way of expressing worship for the only Light they can know, an outer one. But man can also know the inner Sun, the Light of the Overself. How much more reason has he to chirp and sing than the little birds! Yet how few man feel gratitude for such privilege.”

Knows Men Way Feels Looks Littles Reason Light Song Sun Gratitude Worship Bird Privilege Merry

Book:The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The religious urge. The reverential life

Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The religious urge. The reverential life

“If you investigate the matter deeply enough and widely enough, you will find that happiness eludes nearly all men despite the fact that they are forever seeking it. The fortunate and successful few are those who have stopped seeking with the ego alone and allow the search to be directed inwardly by the higher self. They alone can find a happiness unblemished by defects or deficiencies, a Supreme Good which is not a further source of pain and sorrow but an endless source of satisfaction and peace.”

Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Perspectives (posthumous)