Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation homepage > Notebooks of Paul Brunton

---

When the intellect is enslaved by desires, by greeds, by ignorance, it readily finds several defenses against the call of the Quest. When it has become a little freer and listened to the call, it just as readily finds defenses against making any practical application of what it has learnt.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 4 : Purify Passions > # 123