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

I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.

The two seem, at first glance, to be opposed, but when you have advanced a little in both, you find that concentration learned in Yoga is of immense use in attaining the mental powers necessary in Magick; on the other hand, the discipline of Magick is of the greatest service in Yoga.

Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript.

I have been accused of being a ‘black magician.’ No more foolish statement was ever made about me. I despise the thing to such an extent that I can hardly believe in the existence of people so debased and idiotic as to practice it.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.