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289 quotes from Aleister Crowley: 'I'm a poet, and I like my lies the way my mother used to make them.', 'One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad.', and 'May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early!
- The key of joy is disobedience. Aleister Crowley. Keys, Joy, Disobedience.
- You can only accomplish your object in life by complete disregard of the opinions of other people. Aleister Crowley. People, Opinion, Disregard.
- There is no grace: there is no guilt: This is the Law: DO WHAT THOU WILT! Aleister Crowley. Law, Grace, Guilt.
- A man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him. Aleister Crowley. Men, Inertia, Universe.
- “I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered — now I have only one doubt left — which of the twain was God?”
- “The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and willfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.”
- “People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn’t, for the most part’ on the contrary, it’s a mechanical dodge of the body to relieve oneself of the strain of thinking, just as exercising the muscles helps the body to become temporarily unconscious of its weight, its pain, its weariness, and the foreknowledge of its doom.”
- “It is a terrible error to let any natural impulse, physical or mental, stagnate. Crush it out, if you will, and be done with it; or fulfill it, and get it out of the system; but do not allow it to remain there and putrefy.
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I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered — now I have only one doubt left — which of the twain was God?
Though Melville omitted it, Captain Ahab said, "In one sense, Aleister Crowley is lower than whale shit. In another, he's as high as God's hat. The true shaman knows that God's hat is made out of d...
Works by Aleister Crowley at Project Gutenberg- 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.
- Tell the truth, but lead so improbable a life that the truth will never be believed. Aleister Crowley. This quote emphasizes the idea of living a life that is so extraordinary and unconventional that the truth of one’s experiences and accomplishments becomes almost unbelievable to others.
- Every one interprets everything in terms of his own experience. If you say anything which does not touch a precisely similar spot in another man’s brain, he either misunderstands you, or doesn’t understand you at all.
- Every intentional act is a magical act. Aleister Crowley. This quote reminds us of the transformative power of our actions and intentions. It suggests that every intentional act we take has the potential to create something magical and meaningful.
Famous Aleister Crowley Quotes. Aleister Crowley, as a prolific writer and public figure, has a great number of memorable quotes. Some of his most famous include: “Black magic is not a myth. It is a totally unscientific and emotional form of magic, but it does get results — of an extremely temporary nature.
The Book of the Law Quotes. “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”. “Every man and every woman is a star.”. “Love is the law, love under will.”. “For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.”.
