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I must tell you, sir, that yesterday the pharisaical devil was let loose, cursed me and my little book, and condemned the book to the fire.

— Jakob Böhme

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We men have one book in common which points to God. Each has it within himself, which is the priceless Name of God.

What a Christian is, and wherefore he is called a Christian.

If thou wilt use these Words aright, and art in good Earnest, thou shalt certainly find the Benefit thereof.

The Way to Christ (1622)

This is understood by none but the Children of Christ, who have known it by Experience.

The Way to Christ (1622)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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