You see, no matter how important everything else is to magical success, belief is the most crucial.

Magic is not a practice. It is a living, breathing web of energy that, with our permission, can encase our every action.

Self-knowledge is the greatest kind of knowledge.

The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.

He plays the same game, but for the first time in his life he is truly playing, rather than working, being a human, and this is a vast distinction realized by few.

The monarchy is a labour-intensive industry.

My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.

I'm no politician but I do feel that a lot of damage was done because of misguided principals and America is still suffering from it.

During this earlier period of his activity Voltaire seems to have been trying - half unconsciously, perhaps - to discover and to express the fundamental quality of his genius.

I didnt know I was mad about anything. I guess if the New York Times says I am, I must be.

I own some bugs encased in lucite or something. I also have a big cat's eye - a fake one - made for a taxidermist. I really like animals.

Say what men may, it is doctrine that moves the world. He who takes no position will not sway the human intellect.