Life is not a fairground, but a school. -- Franz Bardon

Everything that can be found in the universe on a large scale is reflected in a human being on a small scale.

You will find that there is no death at all, in the true sense of the word, but everything goes on living, transmuting and becoming perfect according to primitive laws.

A true initiate will never force anyone who has not reached a certain level of maturity to accept his truth.

There are no limits, and that applies to everyone on earth.

According to the universal laws, the magician will form his own point of view about the universe which henceforth will be his true religion.

We must always be aware of the fact that the body, soul and mind are to be trained simultaneously, for otherwise it would be impossible to gain and maintain the magic equipoise.

Knowledge and wisdom must go hand in hand. The adept will therefore endeavour to get on in knowledge as well as in wisdom, for neither of the two must lag behind in development.

... All these preparations clearly show that a human being must perfect himself in the physical world through his magical development in order to be prepared for the higher astral world after death.

It is in an ennobled soul only that the universal powers can do their work, especially if body, mind and soul have been equally trained and developed.

A true magician must not undertake anything regarding which he is not thoroughly informed.

A lot of people have attained financial success in the negative and positive directions, but we are yet to see anyone achieve a happy life in the negative direction.

Never permit fears, doubts, circumstances, laziness or the lack of ambition to force you into leaving any stone unturned.

[Mindfulness] is not concerned with anything transcendent or divine. It serves as an antidote to theism, a cure for sentimental piety, a scalpel for excising the tumor of metaphysical belief. (130)

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

I think actions really do define how you feel, as opposed to just saying, "I care about you" or "I want to be with you."

I am determined to seek self-sufficiency in energy as an urgent national priority. My goal is to make America independent of foreign energy sources by 1985.

My father was very outwardly religious.

You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show.

I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.

Me and my dad used to play tag, he'd drive!