High Sorcery

Famous quotes containing the words high and/or sorcery:

    “There is a high road to Heaven which few people travel; Hell hath no door, but many manage to burrow their way in.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “To the intelligent, nature converts itself into a vast promise, and will not be rashly explained. Her secret is untold. Many and many an Oedipus arrives: he has the whole mystery teeming in his brain. Alas! the same sorcery has spoiled his skill; no syllable can he shape on his lips.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)