There’s a saying

When I was in the military, I used to hear the oft-quoted phrase “Knowledge is Power.” Well, I disagree, in part. I believe “The timely application of knowledge is power.” If you know something, and unable or unwilling to act upon it, what power do you really possess?

This similar to the Second Rule: Never make a promise or a threat you are unable or unwilling to carry out. The First Rule is, of course: No Witnesses. Similar but not quite in the same league, as the Rule of Thirds, or Threes, depending on whom you talk to.



These are different from the three laws of Magick, which are; Identity, Analogy, and Reciprocity. Which is altogether different from Newton’s Laws of Physics.

I like the inspiration poster you always see about persistence, where it exhorts that trait above talent, and skill and all other traits, because that is truly at the heart of any achievement. Or there is an equation that Success is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.

And for those of you who don’t know, Love isn’t the most powerful force in the Universe, it’s inertia.

Or so I’ve heard(read).