The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his consideration only a single side of our complex and many-sided being.

By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.

The custom of burning a beneficent god is too foreign to later modes of thought to escape misinterpretation.

Small minds cannot grasp great ideas; to their narrow comprehension, their purblind vision, nothing seems really great and important but themselves.

The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed.

The advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that ever recedes.

In point of fact magicians appear to have often developed into chiefs and kings.

It is a common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his soul is away and might not have time to get back.

The question whether our conscious personality survives after death has been answered by almost all races of men in the affirmative.

The slow, the never ending approach to truth consists in perpetually forming and testing hypotheses, accepting those at which at the time seem to fit the facts and rejecting the others.

Man has created gods in his own likeness and being himself mortal he has naturally supposed his creatures to be in the same sad predicament.

Gather the best you have to offer and create a heartfelt, prosperous life full of purpose.

There are vampires. They are real, they are of our time, and they are here, close by, stalking us as we sleep...

Most people weren't wired to see miracles, even when one was staring them in the face.

Everything is unfolding perfectly. As this perfection unfolds, I learn and grow and become all I'm becoming.

I believe that it's vital for children and teens to be educated, to be given information to help them understand the impacts humans are having on our water, soil, and air.

It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient.

No matter what is happening in the world of appearances, beyond the veil of illusion there is love and only Love.

It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.

And that's my point: all great things worth having require great sacrifice worth giving.

It is crucial that rappers have the chance to express the truth that is in their heart.