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"Spirit vibrated into matter; hence, both Spirit and matter exist. Matter, however, does not exist in the way that it appears to us. It exists as we see it owing to the delusive force of maya, which makes the indivisible Spirit seem finite and divisible to all appearances. Matter has existence in the same delusive way as does a mirage in the desert."
"Killing the dog does not cure the bite."
"The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass."
"Myth is more individual and expresses life more precisely than does science."
"Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause."
"I thought that people should know about the dangers of Satanism, and diabolism does exist - there's no question about it."
"When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine."
"Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness!"
"Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay."
"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. It is a gift for dealing with the accidents of existence, not the accidents themselves."
"The 'lords of the earth' are those who are doing their Will. It does not necessarily mean people with coronets and automobiles; there are plenty of such people who are the most sorrowful slaves in the world. The sole test of one's lordship is to know what one's true Will is, and to do it."
"Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science."
"He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie."
"We must believe in a sense of life renewed by the theater, a sense of life in which man fearlessly makes himself master of what does not yet exist, and brings it into being. And everything that has not been born can still be brought to life if we are not satisfied to remain mere recording organisms."
"The extraordinary business does not require good management."
"No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know"
"No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more."
"Whatever happens, my audience mustn't know whether I am spoofing or being serious; and likewise I mustn't know either. I am in a constant interrogation; when does the deep and philosophically valid Dali begin, and where does the looney and preposterous Dali end?"
"God does not want us to be living in the past, in shame, in fear, or in the future, in worry. He wants us to be living in the present, in now, with Him."
"I learned very quickly that to be angry about something does not mean anybody's gonna listen to you."
