And the truth is only that we grow and die and wither even as this grass here.

By what men think, we create the world around us, daily new.

Of all things we mortals are called upon to do, the most difficult is forgiveness; in order to truly do it, you will probably have to behave as if you already have forgiven for quite...

But even the longest day wears to sunset.

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.

A life path may have strange twists and turnings, and we do not always end up where we intend to go….

And if the earth Gods wreak vengeance on the sinless and the sinful alike, then this further destruction cannot be punishment for sins, but is in the way of all nature.

They have not forgotten the Mysteries,’ she said, ‘they have found them too difficult. They want a God who will care for them, who will not demand that they struggle for enlightenment, but who will...

Beware what you speak,’ said the Merlin very softly, ‘for indeed the words we speak make shadows of what is to come, and by speaking them we bring them to pass, my king.

Rome was mud and smoky skies; the rank smell of the Tiber and the exotically spiced cooking fires of a hundred different nationalities. Rome was white marble and gilding and heady perfumes; the blare of...

And I must believe that man has the power to know the right, to choose between good and evil and know that his choice has made a difference…

By and large, the kind of science fiction which makes tomorrow’s headlines as near as this morning’s coffee has enlarged popular awareness of the modern, miraculous world of science we live in. It has helped...

Men are by nature wanderers…Every people has moved from somewhere, and had to learn the ways of the land from the people who were there before.

They set down all their knowledge on bits of leather or waxed wood or tablets of stone and think that is wisdom. What good does it do a piece of stone to have knowledge?…know it...

And then a memory from Avalon surfaced in her mind, something she had not thought of for a decade; one of the Druids, giving instruction in the secret wisdom to the young priestesses, had said,...

And as men believe, so their world goes.” – Merlin

Darling, I wish I could help you. Try to remember this: to live, you need every experience. Some will come in glory and in beauty, and some in pain and what seems like ugliness. But...

God is one and there is but one God — all else is but the way the ignorant seek to put Gods into a form they can understand…

Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.

Love is the only prayer I know.

… but I believe the divine ones will send other great masters to preach the truth to mankind, and that mankind will always receive them with the cross and the fire and the stones

My love for you is a prayer, she thought. Love is the only prayer I know.

And indeed there is little opportunity for the old and poor to sin, except to doubt God’s goodness, and if God cannot understand why we doubt that, then he is not as wise as his...

To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.

Magic is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned. The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control, and when to let go.