One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad.
Some men are born sodomites, some achieve sodomy, and some have sodomy thrust upon them...
Do not imagine that art or anything else is other than high magic! – is a system of holy hieroglyph. The artist, the initiate, thus frames his mysteries. The rest of the world scoff, or seek to understand, or pretend to understand; some few obtain the truth.
It is as if the first diviner of absinthe had been indeed a magician intent upon a combination of sacred drugs which should cleanse, fortify and perfume the human soul.
The mystic’s idea of deliberately stupefying and stultifying himself is an “abomination unto the Lord.” This, by the way, does not conflict with the rules of Yoga. That kind of suppression is comparable to the restrictions in athletic training, or diet in sickness.
The key of joy is disobedience.
It is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people’s business. Each individual must be left free to follow his own path.
Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
The joy of life consists in the exercise of one’s energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.
We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.