“If we know only our own side of the argument, we hardly know even that; it becomes stale, soon learned only by rote, untested, a pallid and lifeless truth.”

“In wishing to know ourselves fully, we must forget our quest for gain and seek only completion. At a certain point in our development, we no longer even seek to become Mystic, Magister, Sorcerer, or Witch: we seek only our own perfection in the wholeness of our Will, in the joining of light with dark and strength with love. We are varied and gorgeous yet pure of heart. Our aim is this: to know ourselves and to know the world.”

“The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.”

“We are not dead!"He could hear the smile, even in her answering yell. "Certainly we are. It is only that our bodies have not yet learned the truth.”

“Soon, sampled by everyone,Stale and pallid,I’ll come outAnd mumble toothlesslyThat today I’m“Remarkably candid.”

“Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.”