The gates of the kingdom of heaven will not open
To the big battalions or to the battering-ram.
Hurl the mightiest missile against them; nothing will happen.
Nor will they yield to the wiliest stratagem.
But he who comes alone, as a son returning,
In man's individual kingdom claiming his rights,
On no power relying but God's, on no wisdom leaning,
Discovers himself already within the gates.
