“They are inherently good - the bad reactions aren't basic. Every human being is a child of God and has more good in him than evil - but circumstances and associates can step up the bad and reduce the good. I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.” HumansMayChildrenEvilHuman BeingsStepsCircumstancesEssentialsGoodnessReactionsFairnessAssociatesDecencyChild Of GodStep UpGreat Faith Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL. In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and justify my position by formulating a definition of MAGICK and setting forth its main principles in such a way that ALL may understand instantly that their souls, their lives, in every relation with every other human being and every circumstance, depend upon MAGICK and the right comprehension and right application thereof.” WorldWayHumansMayBookSoulHuman BeingsPrinciplesPositionDependsCircumstancesEssentialsRelationDefinitionsSettingFactorsSettingsJustifyApplicationComprehensionPresenting Book:Magick: In Theory and Practice Source: Magick: In Theory and Practice
“First loves are not necessarily more foolish than others; but the chances are certainly against them. Proximity of time or place, a variety of accidental circumstances more than the essential merits of the object, often produce what is called first love.” FirstsChanceObjectsProduceCircumstancesEssentialsFoolishVarietyMeritFirst LoveChances AreProximity Book:Works Source: Works
“Change a virtue in its circumstances find it becomes a vice; change a vice in its circumstances, and it becomes a virtue. Regard the same quality from two sides; on one it is a fault, on the other a merit. The essential of a man is found concealed far below these moral badges.” MenTwoFoundSidesQualityMoralVirtueCircumstancesEssentialsRegardFaultsVicesMeritConcealedTwo SidesBadges Book:History of English Literature Source: History of English Literature