Eliphas Levi Quotes

Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.

When we love, we see the infinite in the finite. We find the Creator in the creation.

There is nothing more to controlling demons than to do good and fear nothing.

Everything is possible to him who wills only what is true! Rest in Nature, study, know, then dare; dare to will, dare to act and be silent!

Order is never observed; it is disorder which attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive.

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.

There exists in nature a force which is immeasurably more powerful than steam, and by means of which a single man, who knows how to adapt and direct it, might upset and alter the face of the world.

If you wish to seduce an angel, you must play the part of a devil.

Judge not; speak hardly at all; love and act.

EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. It is action which proves life and establishes will

Everything lives by movement, everything is maintained by equilibrium, and harmony results from the analogy of contraries; this law is the form of forms.

To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.

Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good.

One can only define the unknown by its supposed and supposable relations with the known.

It is necessary to DARE what must be attempted.

Fear is nothing but idleness of the will.

All the power of the occult healer lies in his conscious will, and all his art consists in producing faith in the patient.

That great Kabbilistical association known in Europe under the name of Masonry appeared suddenly in the world when the revolt against the Church had just succeeded in dismembering Christian unity.

Father, forgive them,' said Jesus, 'for they know not what they do' -- People of good sense whoever you may be, I will add, do not listen to them, for they know not what they say.

Renounce to the desire of possessing worldly things: this is the first step in the path of perfection; by mean of this absolute untie is how the passions can be fought.

Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you.

Magic is the divinity of man achieved in union with faith.

An iron chain is less difficult to break than a chain of flowers.

The Placer is an enemy who must necessarily become our lord or our slave; one doesn't enjoy if it's not defeated.

Doubt is really a groping ignorance.

Passing beauties are only the fugitive reflectios of the eternal.