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

The True Will is thus both determined by its equations, and free because those equation are simply its own name, spelt out fully.

Since all things are God, in all things thou seest just so much of God as thy capacity affordeth thee.

One must find out for oneself, and make sure beyond doubt, 'who' one is, 'what' one is, 'why' one is... Being thus conscious of the proper course to pursue, the next thing is to understand the conditions necessary to following it out. After that, one must eliminate from oneself every element alien or hostile to success, and develop those parts of oneself which are specially needed to control the aforesaid conditions.

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.

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

Man has the right . . . to play as he will . . . to think what he will: to speak what he will: to write what he will: to draw, paint, carve, etch, mould, build as he will: to dress as he will.