Every incarnation that we remember must increase our comprehension of ourselves as who we are.

Every one interprets everything in terms of his own experience. If you say anything which does not touch a precisely similar spot in another man's brain, he either misunderstands you, or doesn't understand you at all.

To train the mind to move with the maximum speed and energy, with the utmost possible accuracy in the chosen direction, and with the minimum of disturbance or friction. That is Magick. To stop the mind altogether. That is Yoga.

Religion itself becomes offensively monotonous. On every point of vantage are pagodas -- stupid stalagmites of stagnant piety.

I did not hate God or Christ, but merely the God and Christ of the people whom I hated.

The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.

Love is the only principle which makes life tolerable.