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Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.
Aleister Crowley1875–1947Magick Book IV: Liber ABA, Part III: Magick in Theory and Practice (1929), Introduction
- Change
As soon as you put men together, they somehow sink, corporatively, below the level of the worst of the individuals composing it.
Aleister Crowley1875–1947Magick Without Tears (1954), Ch LXXIII
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
IDIsaac D'Israeli1766–1848Curiosities of Literature, Poverty of the Learned
- Genius
- Luck
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Clarence Darrow1857–1938
As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities.
Charles Darwin1809–1882The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887), volume I, chapter VIII: “Religion”, page 307; letter to an unidentified German student (1879)
Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
Charles Darwin1809–1882The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), XXI. General Summary and Conclusion, 1st ed. (1871) p. 405
‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door
Walter de la Mare1873–1956The Listeners (1912)In context
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1900–1944Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Terre des hommes (1939), Ch. 3: L’Avion, p. 60.
Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1900–1944Vol de Nuit (1931) (translated into English as Night Flight)
- Luck
It ain’t braggin’ if you can back it up.
Dizzy Dean1910–1974
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926Speech in Cleveland, Ohio.(Sept. 11, 1918) Eugene V. Debs Speaks, ed. Jean Y. Tussey (1970)
- Change
- History
To-day we love what to-morrow we hate; to-day we seek what to-morrow we shun; to-day we desire what to-morrow we fear, nay, even tremble at the apprehensions of.
Daniel Defoe1660–1731Robinson Crusoe (1719), Chapter XIIn context
- Change
- Emotion
Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.
JFJerry Della Feminaborn 1936Often credited to Bill Cosby
I always knew I’d never be the next queen. I’d like to be a queen of people’s hearts, in people’s hearts, but I don’t see myself being queen of this country. I don’t think many people will want me to be queen.
Diana, Princess of Wales1961–1997Interview with Martin Bashir on BBC Panorama (20 November 1995)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.
Philip K. Dick1928–1982“How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later” (1978)