Quotation of the Week #2

Jan Provost, Sacred Allegory (c.1510) Louvre, Paris


"If thou wishest to search out the deep things of God,
 search out the depths of thine own spirit."1


Richard of St. Victor (died 1173),
Mystical Theologian,
Prior of the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris

 

1. Cited in D.T.Suzuki, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, ed. C. Humphreys (London: Rider & Co.) 1969, p. 43

Posted 22 Sep 2011: Religion

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