Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirr — Paul Brunton, The Notebooks of Paul Brunton
Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirr — Paul Brunton, The Notebooks of Paul Brunton
Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirr — Paul Brunton, The Notebooks of Paul Brunton
Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirr — Paul Brunton, The Notebooks of Paul Brunton
Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirr — Paul Brunton, The Notebooks of Paul Brunton
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Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little ego's fascination with its own image.

— Paul Brunton, The Notebooks of Paul Brunton
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