The only law which is really lived up to wholeheartedly and with a vengeance is the law of conformity.

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.

For a metaphysical treat stop at the Big Sur Inn, which is also a haven for stray cats and dogs. Life along the South Coast is just a bed of roses, with a few thorns and nettles interspersed.

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Example moves the world more than doctrine.

I saw through to the last sign and symbol, but I could not read her face. I could see only the eyes shining through, huge, fleshy-like luminous beasts, as though I were swimming behind them in the electric effluvia of her incandescent vision.