Superstition has been defined as the use of a form whose significance has been forgotten.

When we speak of the Path we mean much more than a course of study. The Path is a way of life and on it the whole being must co-operate if the heights are to be won.

A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism.

Magick is the art of causing changes in consciousness to occur in accordance with the will.

Symbols are to the mind what tools are to the hand--an extended application of its powers.

What you contemplate, you touch. What you enter into in imagination, you make yourself one with.

The descent into matter must be complete before the ascent to spirit can commence.

The Scorpion connects with the Serpent through the Dragon.

In varying degrees and and upon different levels all gods and goddesses represent aspects of One God Which is both 'male' and 'female'.

I well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right motives and right associates.

Do you believe in an invisible reality behind appearances?

You is blessin’ folks with your dollars and service, but a dollar bill and plate of food ain’t changin’ a life. That takes love.

What else can we do in the wilderness, than to wonder?

But you mark my words: I will be there when everything you love is destroyed. Everything you didn't even believe you would have.

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.

You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.

Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.

If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room.

The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.

Style to me is incidental. The British are very adept at creating it for its own sake, but the best style is incidental. John Coltrane had a style but it was totally incidental to what he was.