"There is something which unites magic and applied science while separating both from the wisdom of earlier ages. For …"

"This year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour …"

"We reduce things to mere Nature in order that we may 'conquer' them."

"What is now common to all men is a mere abstract universal, an H.C.F. [Highest Common Factor], and Man's conquest of …"

"I am a democrat because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason."

"Legal and economic equality are absolutely necessary remedies for the Fall, and protection against cruelty."

"We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionall…"

"I don't deserve a share in governing a hen-roost, much less a nation. Nor do most people — all the people who believe…"

"It is the magician's bargain: give up our soul, get power in return. But once our souls, that is, ourselves, have bee…"

"There is no spiritual sustenance in flat equality. It is a dim recognition of this fact which makes much of our polit…"