I will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul

The average man cannot believe that an artist may be as serious and highminded an observer of life as the professed man of science.

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

The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.

To the eyes of a god, mankind must appear as a species of bacteria which multiply and become progressively virulent whenever they find themselves in a congenial culture, and whose activity diminishes until they disappear completely as soon as proper measures are taken to sterilize them.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.