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“Entrance into the Old Ways begins with the pricking of a finger with a rose thorn, which produces a drop of blood. This opens the way into the Thorned Path, a system, which uses five rose thorns to symbolize the five arts of Witchcraft that one should master. These arts are Herbalist, Fortune-Teller, Spirit Medium, Mystic, and Magician. We call mastering these aspects 'the gathered thorns' --thus the Thorned Path.”
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“We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that "anything which dominates the life of the community should be owned by the community." That is the basis upon which we believe there should be government ownership of monopolistic enterprises.”
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“In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled—even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was radio and baseball.”
Source : George Vecsey (2008). “Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game”, p.95, Modern Library
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“Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.”
Source : Speech in New York, 13 May 1960, in New York Times 14 May 1960, p. 47
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“Every woman has the right to be beautiful.”
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“We feel surprise when travellers tell us of the vast dimensions of the Pyramids and other great ruins, but how utterly insignificant are the greatest of these, when compared to these mountains of stone accumulated by the agency of various minute and tender animals!”
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“Pause and remember - You will have a lot more time and energy to spend on yourself when you stop worrying and wasting time on how others need to change.”
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“An angel stood and met my gaze, Through the low doorway of my tent; The tent is struck, the vision stays; I only know she came and went.”
