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But it so happens that everything on this planet is, ultimately, irrational; there is not, and cannot be, any reason for the causal connexion of thing...more

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To resist and subdue Nature is to make for one's self a personal and imperishable life: it is to break free from the vicissitudes of Life and Death.

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Beauty is itself so unattainable that it escapes altogether; and the true artist, like the true Mystic, can never rest

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I've often thought that there isn't any "I" at all; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that when we think we are ourselves,...more

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On the Path of the Wise there is probably no danger more deadly, no poison more pernicious, no seduction more subtle than Spiritual Pride; it strikes,...more

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It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of performing these small ceremonies regularly, and being as nearly accurate as possible with regard to ...more

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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 u...more

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The mystic's idea of deliberately stupefying and stultifying himself is an "abomination unto the Lord." This, by the way, does not conflict with the r...more

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In this book it is spoken of the Sephiroth and the Paths; of Spirits and Conjurations; of Gods, Spheres, Planes, and many other things which may or ma...more

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First of all, you must never speak of anything by its name -- in that country. So, if you see a tree on a mountain, it will be better to say 'Look at ...more

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To knot a sentence up properly, it has to be thought out carefully, and revised. New phrases have to be put in; sudden changes of subject must be intr...more

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May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early! My own plan is to swear off every kind of virtue, so that I triumph even when I fa...more

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I'm a poet, and I like my lies the way my mother used to make them.

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Don't talk for five minutes, there's a good chap! I've a strange feeling come over me--almost as if I were going to think!

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The word of sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond that can unite the divided bu...more