The idea that by eating the meat of an animal, the animal powers or faculties could be conveyed to oneself is nonsense and originates in a mental ignorance of the perfect and genuine primitive laws.

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.

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

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.

With faith, we can walk through the fair un-harmed.

What you endured was a sign of what you would become.

The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.

Those who fight for food will die in hunger, those who fight for wealth will end up poor heated, only those who seek knowledge and freedome will succeed even at there past.

God pays but not weekly wages.

Not thinking critically, I assumed that the successful prayers were proof that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there was something wrong with me.

"I am the awareness that is aware that there is attachment." That's the beginning of the transformation of consciousness.

With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.

Starting with [Ronald] Regan it became quite open, the attack on unions. It wasn't the Pinkertons anymore, but it was just not applying the laws.

Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48. It's never too late. But do it now