The sun has radiance because it contains its power. Its reliability makes possible life on earth. The sun is worthy of emulation; it sets a high standard.

 

It is not so difficult to endure bullets in your chest; but it is extremely difficult to work daily on a schedule, to fight with yourself at every moment, and in this way, to purify yourself.

— Mahatma Gandhi

 

To summer’s radiant heights

The sun in shining majesty ascends;

It takes my human feeling

Into its own wide realms of space.

Within my own inner being stirs

Presentiment which heralds dimly,

You shall in future know:

A godly being now has touched you.

–Rudolf Steiner, The Calendar of the Soul, Tenth Week (June 9-15)