Every symbol and combination of symbols led not hither and yon, not to single examples, experiments, and proofs, but into the center, the mystery and innermost heart of the world, into primal knowledge.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world’s phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again.
Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.
Certainly you shouldn’t go kill somebody or rape a girl, no! But you haven’t reached the point where you can understand the actual meaning of “permitted” and “forbidden.” You’ve only sensed part of the truth.
Beginners learned how to establish parallels, by means of the Game’s symbols, between a piece of classical music and the formula for some law of nature. Experts and Masters of the Game freely wove the initial theme into unlimited combinations.
At about the age of six or seven, I realized that of all the invisible powers the one I was destined to be most strongly affected and dominated by was music.
As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
All the tasks are in themselves small, but each one has to be carried out at its proper hour, and the day has far more tasks than hours.
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.