"The Way of Mastery is to break all the rules—but you have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not in a position to transcend them."

"People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part; on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body to relieve oneself of the strain of thinking, just as exercising the …"

"One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad."

"I was not of an age when ordinary things interested me."

"There are no gods but man."