Belief

But spiritual experiences are cumulative. They gather like waves and result in breakthroughs. Creative life does not proceed by accumulating anthills of "facts." Rather there is a slow accretion of experience, of learning one's craft, of growing spiritually, until suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, one soars to a new level. If you've experienced it, you believe. If you haven't, you disbelieve.

-Erica Jong on Henry Miller