God does not redeem the personal man by death. He redeems himself by freeing himself from the personality of man.

Before one can become a magician he must learn to control his own mind; for mind is the substance with which the magician acts, and the power to control it is the beginning of magic.

True religion is the realization of truth.

A beautiful god is the most noble product of Man.

With every innovation comes a new abuse.

Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world, but people don't know what it is like or how to make it.

Why choose the lesser evil anyway, when the greater evil is usually higher quality and will last longer before it breaks?

Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.

You know that when a group of utility workers are withholding their customer service identification cards, they are likely engaging in some form of illegal activity at your home.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

If [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.

We will put no impediment in your way and we will be at dockside bidding you a farewell as you set off into the sunset.

My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic.

I don't think of Bush as a particularly angry person - if anything, he has a facility for not harboring grudges, for letting things roll off of his back after momentarily bristling.