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. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#being #did #good #i #insulted

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#only #ordinary #ordinary people #people

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#child #falsehood #fear #form #invariably

Intolerance is evidence of impotence. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#impotence #intolerance

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#greek #illiterate #like #looking #man

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#faces #facts #life #paganism #wholesome

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

#boy #first #first kiss #his #i

Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#essentially #everyone #fact #guilty #himself

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#gods #mankind #me #message #never

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#chinese #civilisation #principle #systematic #wild