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"The only thing that really matters now is whether man can climb up to a higher moral level, to a higher plane of consciousness, in order to be equal to the superhuman powers which the fallen angels have played into his hands. But he can make no progress until he becomes very much better acquainted with his own nature."
"...Vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship."
"Let us be silent — so we may hear the whisper of the gods."
"Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels."
"Wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above. Desolation angels, served it up with love."
"Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too."
"The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil."
"It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous to make too much of his greatness without his vileness. It is still more dangerous to leave him in ignorance of both, but it is most valuable to represent both to him. Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both."
"Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel."
"Some devil with a pitchfork keep talkin' like he know me. I stood before an angel as he told me bout the glory."
"Then let every one of us, being warned by this sentence of the angel, acknowledge that he as yet cleaves to first principles, or, at least, does not comprehend all those things which are necessary to be known; and that therefore progress is to be made to the very end of life: for this is our wisdom, to be learners to the end."
"As he looked up at the clouds or down at the precipice, he realized that this woman was the most important thing in his life; that she was the explanation, the sole reason for the existence of those rocks, that sky, that winter. If she were not there with him, it wouldn't matter if all the angels of heaven came flying down to comfort him--Paradise would make no sense."
"In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on."
"No rest without love, no sleep without dreams of love- be mad or chill obsessed with angels or machines, the final wish is love -cannot be bitter, cannot deny, cannot withhold if denied: the weight is too heavy"
"The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels."
"It is by suffering that human beings become angels."
"I answer, because I live among men and not among angels."
"A world in which there are monsters, and ghosts, and things that want to steal your heart is a world in which there are angels, and dreams and a world in which there is hope."
"Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think."
"Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun."
