Only the madman is absolutely sure.

Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

We live in our fantasies and endure our realities.

The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now.

A true initiation never ends.

Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct to contain constructs.

The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity.

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.

I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.

I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.

It's only possible to see people when one is able to see the world as others see it.