In magic—and in life—there is only the present moment, the now. You can’t measure time the way you measure the distance between two points.

Paulo Coelho, Aleph

Hermetic quote Coelho Aleph present

Consider also:

  1. “We must, therefore, in all magic operations, apply a strong will, a vivid imagination, a confident hope, and a firm faith; all of which combined will assist in producing the desired result.”
  2. “Hey, how are you doing?” San Francisco-gracious, the noblesse oblige of those totally wiped out on drugs
  3. “Of course, he had always been wise in the ways of cats, valuing them above entire races, many men, and most women. ‘The cats have their own secret routes. They’ve saved me before this,’ he said.”
  4. “I never linger over such memories, for they have long since lost any emotional significance for me. There was no way I could restore them to life except by transforming them and making them unrecognizable, at first glance, to my eyes, solely because during that deformation they acquired the lewdest of meanings.”
  5. “Probably it was always going to turn out like it did. Human nature only got a few tales to tell.”