Practically, Science is true; and Faith is foolish.

I cling unto the burning Æthyr like Lucifer that fell through the Abyss, and by the fury of his flight kindled the air. And I am Belial, for having seen the Rose upon thy breast, I have denied God. And I am Satan! I am Satan! I am cast out upon a burning crag! And the sea boils about the desolation thereof. And already the vultures gather, and feast upon my flesh.

Their false compassion is called compassion and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell.

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

Oh, how superior is the Eye of Horus to the Mouth of Isis!

The more necessary anything appears to my mind, the most certain it is that I only assert a limitation.

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.