Initiation Quotes

67 quotes by 48 authors

Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools humanity has so far devised for effectively directed reflection. [Without… — John Dewey
Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I have always had great difficulty-since… — J. William Fulbright
A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to… — L. Neil Smith
The greatest danger hanging over our children and grandchildren is initiation of changes that will be irreversible on any time scale that humans can imagine. — James Hansen
No one will enter the New World Order unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New… — David Spangler
Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have. — Robin Lim
The symbolic display seen by the abductees is identical to the type of initiation ritual or astral voyage that is imbedded in the [occult] traditions… — Jacques Vallee
In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest,… — Joseph Conrad
The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike… — Theodor Adorno
The conquest of the fear of death is the recovery of life's joy. One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has… — Joseph Campbell
The great body of physical science, a great deal of the essential fact of financial science, and endless social and political problems are only accessible… — H.G. Wells
Jnana is given neither from outside nor from another person. It can be realised by each and everyone in his own Heart. The jnana Guru… — Ramana Maharshi
Education is not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It is an initiation into life of… — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
The clue to one's next step toward the door of initiation may be revealed at the Full Moon during the sign of Taurus. — Alice Bailey
The Masonic movement... is the custodian of the law; it is the home of the Mysteries and the seat of initiation. It holds in its… — Alice Bailey
The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis, and I think… — Gro Harlem Brundtland
It is one of the strictest conditions of initiation that occult knowledge may never be sold or used for gain. — Dion Fortune
Initiation means the Journey Inwards: nothing is changed or can be changed; but all is trulier understood with every step. — Aleister Crowley
What is the meaning of Initiation?Â It is the Path to the realisation of your Self as the sole, the supreme, the absolute of all… — Aleister Crowley
This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!'… — Aleister Crowley

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