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Aleister Crowley Quotes

Aleister Crowley quotes

English Critic, Philosopher October 12, 1875 – December 1, 1947

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Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions': a rebel. If enough people come to agree with, and follow, the Rebel, we now have a Devil. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have --- Greatness. Aleister Crowley
Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley quote: "One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take..."
One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad. Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley quote: "Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the..."
Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion. Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley quote: "He shall fall down into a pit called Because, and there he..."
He shall fall down into a pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of reason. Aleister Crowley
The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach. Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley quote: "What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over."
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over. Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley quote: "The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate..."
The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript. Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley quote: "Since all things are God, in all things thou seest just so..."
Since all things are God, in all things thou seest just so much of God as thy capacity affordeth thee. Aleister Crowley
All this talk about 'suffering humanity' is principally drivel based on the error of transferring one's own psychology to one's neighbour. The Golden Rule is silly. If Lord Alfred Douglas (for example) did to others what he would like them to do to him, many would resent his action. Aleister Crowley
The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell. Aleister Crowley
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. Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley quote: "Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence."
Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence. Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley quote: "Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and..."
Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. Aleister Crowley
I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman. Aleister Crowley

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