The dark side of life, and the horror of it, belonged to a world that lay remote from his own select little atmosphere of books and dreamings.

The wise are silent, the foolish speak, and the children are thus led astray, for wisdom is not knowledge, it is a realization of the scheme and of one's own part in it.

Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.

My imagination requires a judicious rein; I am afraid to let it loose, for it carries me sometimes into appalling places beyond the stars and beneath the world.

Ritual is the passage way of the soul into the Infinite.

Time is measured by the quality and not the quanity of sensations it contains.

I searched everywhere for a proof of reality, when all the while I understood quite well that the standard of reality had changed

But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm.

The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared.

No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least inviting on first view may leave the most haunting pictures upon the walls of memory.

No man can describe to another convincingly wherein lies the magic of the woman who ensnares him.

Each malevolence has a cousin that heals it. I fancy Hurtsickle and Heartsease as herbal enemies –weeds growing in reach of one another

We can rely on the righteous Ruler.

you cannot teach art—you cannot make a soul

Altruism is the best source of happiness. There is no doubt about that.

I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

The key question companies need to address is not 'Should we make mistakes?' but rather 'Which mistakes should we make in order to test our deeply held assumptions?'

Needs can be fulfilled, desires never. Needs are natural, desires are perverted.

Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.