"Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion."

"There are no 'standards of Right'. Ethics is balderdash. Each Star must go on its own orbit. To hell with 'moral principle'; there is no such thing."

"Tell the truth, but lead so improbable a life that the truth will never be believed."

"I am the Serpent that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof!…"

"He shall fall down into a pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of reason."