"I was asked to memorise what I did……" — Aleister Crowley
"I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner."
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Aleister Crowley
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152 Quotes by Aleister Crowley
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Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to…
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Love stories are only fit for the solace of people in the insanity of puberty. No healthy adult human being…
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Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able to bring at least a dozen others round…
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The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
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To the eyes of a god, mankind must appear as a species of bacteria which multiply and become progressively virulent…
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Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery…
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It is a terrible error to let any natural impulse, physical or mental, stagnate. Crush it out, if you will,…
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What is necessary is not to seek after some fantastic ideal, utterly unsuited to our real needs, but to discover…
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The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.
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Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions': a rebel. If…
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Initiation means the Journey Inwards: nothing is changed or can be changed; but all is trulier understood with every step.
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What is the meaning of Initiation? It is the Path to the realisation of your Self as the sole, the supreme,…
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