"Men and women are not free to love……" — Aleister Crowley
"Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice."
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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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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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When you have proved that God is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far…
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It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen…
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Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.
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The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able…
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Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances -…
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The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and…
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Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to…
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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
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If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as…
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Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for…
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