Those of us who are driven by troubles, disappointments, or frustrations to seek solace in mysticism do well. Nevertheless, we do not understand that the inner peace it will yield us is after all an intermittent one. Only from the philosophical standpoint will we be able to find an enduring peace. Those of us who started to endure the wartime horrors with such a standpoint were able not only to maintain but also to fortify it. After the violent stresses of war, we shall need constructive principles to guide our disturbed thoughts and mystical practices to steady our disturbed emotions. Only such principles can remain unclouded by the happenings of a world in crisis. The message philosophy proclaims, with its balanced estimate of fundamental human nature, brings tranquillity to the heart depressed by grim appearances to the contrary.
-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 4 : World Crisis > # 289
