Quotes for All
You are eating the sea, that’s it, only the sensation of a gulp of sea water has been wafted out of it by some sorcery, and you are on the verge of remembering you don’t know what, mermaids or the sudden smell of kelp on the ebb tide or a poem you read once, something … Read more
Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times past become time present, and the whole pageantry of the world’s history moves in solemn procession before our eyes, -these were to visit the firesides of the humble and lavish … Read more
Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel. Fyodor Dostoevsky
In short, then, the religious cult is based upon the representations of sorcery between man and man, and the sorcerer is older than the priest. Friedrich Nietzsche
I have seen people who practice yoga and Buddhism who are scared to death of the sorcery powers of others. This is absurd. Frederick Lenz
There are people who do, what we would call, lower sorcery. It is best not to be concerned with them. They are not happy people and they can’t be a problem if you are aware of what they are doing. Frederick Lenz
I don’t put much stock in powers that people have to hurt others, in sorcery and all this nonsense. There are murders and there are dictators. That is just a part of life. The intelligent use of power in yoga can assist you avoiding that side of humanity. Frederick Lenz
Those who practice lower sorcery hurt themselves the most because they interact with negative thoughts and apply power to them; they devastate their own consciousness and their own lives. Frederick Lenz
People who have power, who think negatively of others and seek to injure them, are practicing a kind of voodoo, a lower sorcery. Frederick Lenz
All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy godmothers. Perhaps the hundreds of nitty frustrations drive away all but those who habitually focus on the end goal. Perhaps it is merely that computers are young, programmers are younger, and the young are always optimists. Fred … Read more