“To practice means to perform, in the face of all obstacles some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.”
I Am A Dancer (1952)
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Source: The Doctrine of the Mean
From The Goad, the Flames, the Arrows and the Mirror of the love of God
Variant: Aspiration, practiced as a familiar, respectful and loving conversation with God, is such an excellent method, that, by means of it, one soon arrives at the summit of all perfection, and falls in love with Love.
“Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.”
"Ennui" (1830), p. 48
Literary and Historical Miscellanies (1855)
“Practice makes perfect' is bullshit. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”
The Coach, P. 23. (1977)
“Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?”
“What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.”
Source: My Life In Pictures
Source: Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex and Politics (1982), Ch. 3 : The Ethics of Magic, p. 41
Context: Sexual integrity means honestly recognizing our own impulses and desires and honoring them, whether or not we choose to act on them. If we value integrity, we must also value diversity in sexual expression and orientation, recognizing that there is no one truth, or one way, that fits everyone.
Sexuality is sacred because through it we make a connection with another self — but it is misused and perverted when it becomes an arena of power-over, a means of treating another — or oneself — as an object.