Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.

Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.

The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.

These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness

Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.

This is the awe-inspiring universe of magic: There are no atoms, only waves and motions all around. Here, you discard all belief in barriers to understanding. You put aside understanding itself. This universe cannot be seen, cannot be heard, cannot be detected in any way by fixed perceptions. It is the ultimate void where no preordained screens occur upon which forms may be projected. You have only one awareness here—the screen of the magi: Imagination! Here, you learn what it is to be human. You are a creator of order, of beautiful shapes and systems, an organizer of chaos.

Time is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure.