I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning. – Aleister Crowley, Book of Lies

People are divided into two parts: some of them look for and cannot find anything, others find but are not satisfied. – Mihai Eminescu, translated by Oana Platon

The only victories that have ever stuck were spiritual. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark, though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced. – Henry David Thoreau, “Solitude,” Walden, 1854