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Those who ignore the existence of this gap between our own time and that of the old texts, between our own mental or physical environment and that within which they were written, will think hazily and act artificially. They will subscribe to creeds or join with cults which have only a fragmentary connection with their existence as it really is in this modern world. This is not intended as a criticism of either ancient or Oriental ideas--I owe too much to both and am always grateful to both--but as a warning of the need of care and of honest realism.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 1 : Meetings of East and West > # 168