A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world.

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

Genuine recollections almost invariably explain oneself to oneself. Suppose, for example, that you feel an instinctive aversion to some particular kind of wine. Try as you will, you can find no reason for it. Suppose when you explore a previous incarnation, you remember you died by a poisoned administered in a wine of that kind, your aversion is explained by the proverb: 'A burnt child dreads the fire.'

The Devil' is, historically, the God of any people that one personally dislikes... This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation. He is 'The Devil' of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is BAPHOMET, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection... He is therefore Life, and Love.

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

The customer is usually wrong, but statistics indicate that it doesn't pay to tell him so