“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.”

“I've found that putting one's person in peril is not nearly as frightening as putting one's heart at risk. In the former, one might endure a momentary injury. While with the latter there is the possibility of suffering a lifetime of loneliness and regret.”

“We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.”

“To become the love of a poet is to become both a muse and an immortal all at the same time.”

“Both freethought and anthropology are symptoms of the same underlying condition - the relative condition, the condition of difference.”

“The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.”