Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken:
Also known as Bô Yin Râ.
(Aschaffenburg, 25 November 1876 – Massagno, 14 February 1943) German writer and painter.
From 1913, he wrote religious-spiritual books under the name Bô Yin Râ, most of which were published in Switzerland. His publications, including his 32-volume main work Hortus Conclusus (Enclosed Garden), were largely published by an admirer, Alfred Kober-Staehelin.

Gratitude is not just a beautiful quality, but a primal power of the eternal soul of man.
