1. "The creativeness of Cosmos is always built through the tension of all energies. For all achievements the quality of energies should be affirmed. Therefore, the higher the tension, the more powerful is the manifestation of victory. Our creativeness is saturated with the quality of power. Therefore, having gathered all energies, we can rely upon success. Only the quality of energies gives the needed standard of labor. Therefore it is so important to have an expanded consciousness and to embrace all that is needed for constructiveness." [Hierarchy, 39]
2. "Each tension generates energies. Each tension brings to life the Fire. Macrocosm and microcosm create identically." [Infinity I, 379]
3. "My friends, work with all your strength, because only at the border of tensions come new opportunities. The laws are the same in everything, and we know that new energies are born at the border of the strongest stresses. Therefore, an increase in activity and an aggravation of forces will give the achievement of beauty." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 1. 067]
4. "The beauty of the spiral tension will be at the base of all creativeness." [Infinity I, 114]
5. "From intensification of one’s forces comes their growth." [Agni Yoga, 436]
6. “Tension gives evidence of the degree of will which underlies striving." [Infinity I, 168]
7. "The path of tension is the path of striving, that is to say, the path of life." [Brotherhood, 44]
8. "Where forces are intensified the attraction is inevitable. The law is one in the entire Cosmos. Obstacles that generate weakness of spirit are the begetters of failure. Obstacles that summon to battle the entire fire of the spirit serve as a creative impetus." [Infinity I, 203]
9. "Attraction is inevitable where all forces are strained. The law is the same in the whole Cosmos. Obstacles that give rise to weakness of spirit will give rise to failure. The obstacles that call all the fire of the spirit to battle act as a creative principle." [Infinity I, 40]
10. "...In the highest tension, we will attract the best opportunities." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 4. 152]
11. "...It is from tension that Beauty is born." [Heart, 447]
12. "Without a tense battle there is no victory." [Hierarchy, 320]
13. "Only by the tension of all strength will you conquer." [Hierarchy, 136]
14. "One should not be afraid of excessive tension, because only a stretched string can sound." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 1. 134]
15. "All sorts of extremes are disastrous. The tension that is indicated in the Teaching is not physical overwork, but the vigilance and mobility of consciousness, which, of course, affects in actions, because with a waking expanded state of consciousness ... endurance increases exponentially." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 2. 055]
16. "There is a Buddhist saying, "In order that the strings of the vina may sound harmoniously, they should be neither too taut nor too slack. Verily, every effort that is too strenuous fails, and if not sufficiently strong it results in passivity and inertness."” [Letters of Helena Roerich I, 14 June 1934]
17. "People have been enjoying the precious fruits of the creativity of a few chosen creators for centuries, but who will think about what price is paid by those who give, for each work of beauty created by them. Behind every achievement there is an invisible payment to people in the form of suffering and tension, tears and blood of the heart. Who knows the soil on which the beautiful flowers of unfading wisdom and harmony have grown? If only people could guess what causes gave rise to the fruits of creativity, they would approach them in depth and soulfully and would appreciate immeasurably higher." [Еxcerpts by Boris Abramov from the book "Aspiring Heart" 1954, 252]
18. "Fatigue is harmful, while tension is vitalizing." [Aum, 482]
19. "Do not confuse fatigue with intensity. These two states, notwithstanding their complete difference, can produce similar symptoms. But fatigue must be overcome by a change of work, whereas tension must be actually increased. It would be a mistake to allow oneself to dissipate tension. One must nourish this manifest fiery power as a precious gift. Each tension is a sharpening of consciousness. Each weariness is a dulling..." [Fiery World II, 180]
20. "Let people grow to love tension, for weakening is already dissolution. No one in a weakened state will truly cognize an object..." [Aum, 568]
21. "It is a mistake to think that tension harms the body. On the contrary, such a conscious awareness creates the necessary metabolism that helps to renew it. …But a man who is ever ready to ascend will welcome the growing tension as festive gates to renewal." [Supermundane, 247]
22. "He who runs away will stumble, but whoever stands firm will find new strength. … A new tension will not be exhaustion, but renewal." [Supermundane, 73]
23. "Tension should be welcomed as a light-bearing path. It is necessary to affirm tension as a form of expression of the life of consciousness. ...Not to avoid it, but to strengthen it, but without disturbing the peace. It is the calmness of tension that is required, or the tension of calmness, that is, extreme tension, provided complete calm and balance. Otherwise, with an imbalance, any degree of tension will give destructive consequences. It is necessary to understand to the end the inseparability and inseparability of these two phenomena: tension and calmness as two sides of a single thing. One thing cannot happen without the other. Tension without balance will quickly destroy the human apparatus. Equilibrium without tension does not give lights and will not be effective. ... Not in the frozen calm of the swamp, but at the top, open to all the whirlwinds, the calmness of the greatness of the spirit is known ..." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1953, 179]
24. "Precisely burdening and pressure are the birthplace of strong feelings. If man knows how to judge his feelings, he will select the worthiest of them, and it will be love." [Aum, 515]
25. "…Even the concept of Nirvana was subject to a variety of misinterpretations. People could not grasp that Nirvana is a state of high harmonious tension." [Supermundane, 820]
26. "It is correctly noted that the so-called “complex of immortality” is an equal tension of all energies. It is precisely this unity of energies that creates the highest state." [Supermundane, 249]
27. "The ultimate degree of tension is only necessary for distant flight. Thus, We speak of victory, not of downfall." [Heart, 208]
28. "An understanding of the grace and benefit of tension impels the heart to the Higher Worlds." [Heart, 209]
29. "We do not approve of the principle “to fight and perish.” It is more courageous not to lose one’s forces and to conquer. But for this is needed full realization of the soundness of direction and the invincibility of tension." [New Era Community, 239]
30. "Tension is the way to victory." [Еxcerpts by Boris Abramov from the book "Aspiring Heart" 1951, 64]
31. "Tension is [externally] invisible activity." [Еxcerpts by Boris Abramov from the book "Aspiring Heart" 1954, 310]
32. "A miracle is happening in the midst of life, among action, among intense harmony." [Leaves of Morya’s Garden I, 69]
