Esoteric Quotes

71 quotes by 66 authors

Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them. — Thomas de Quincey
The blunt large questions become connected to smaller, apparently esoteric ones. — Alain de Botton
The 10th Annual Webby Awards represent an extraordinary opportunity to celebrate the evolution of the web from an esoteric medium to the driving force shaping… — Tiffany Shlain
An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment is not just… — Frederick Lenz
Most teachers of self-discovery have two types of students. They have students they deal with in a more exoteric way than the esoteric students. Esoteric… — Frederick Lenz
A philosopher might find the general work unsophisticated, and scientists are often bemused by esoteric talk of zombies, supervenience, and possible worlds. — David Chalmers
No word in our language not even "Socialism" has been employed more loosely than " Mysticism ." ... The history of the word begins in… — William Ralph Inge
To a degree which is difficult to determine, the esoteric impulse in twentieth-century music, literature and the arts reflects calculation. It looks to the flattery… — George Steiner
I think some people think I'm a smarty-pants. Some people think I'm intense, some people think I'm super-esoteric and nuts. — Alanis Morissette
You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music. — Keith Richards
Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters. — M. Night Shyamalan
I like the ritual, the liturgy of a well-crafted, emotional fashion show. I will never be jaded with this side of fashion. The catwalk is… — Hedi Slimane
Magick is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will. — Aleister Crowley
In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric. The secret isn't that you're not being told. The secret is… — Ram Dass
It is attitude, infinitely more than circumstance, that determines the quality of life. Life is often quite tough, challenging us to choose between seemingly esoteric,… — Laura Schlessinger
When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex. — Malcolm Gladwell
Investors should be skeptical of history-based models. Constructed by a nerdy-sounding priesthood using esoteric terms such as beta, gamma, sigma and the like, these models… — Warren Buffett
I'm after something far more esoteric than a virginal shag. Though, if you'd like, darlin', I'm certainly up for the task. — Alyson Noel
We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the… — J D Salinger
Unfortunately for a multitude of occultists, humor is a rare ingredient in their lives. In fact it is their very lack of humor that has… — Anton Szandor LaVey

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