4 Quotes by Richard Maurice Bucke

Then the realization of grandeur of the human soul, immediately followed by the rapture of the realization of God. He glances back and sees how futile his life and ambitions have so far been. Then realizes his present reconcilement with the cosmos and that the rest of his life must be continual joy.

The man who enters Cosmic Consciousness is really a new creature, and all his surroundings “become new” - take on a new face and meaning.

Man reacts upon and toward the external universe in three ways, namely, by his active nature ; by his intellectual nature ; by his moral nature – that is, he acts upon it, thinks about it, and feels toward it.

I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.