Author: Aleister Crowley

Quotes

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.

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

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

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

- Aleister Crowley

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.

- Aleister Crowley

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

- Aleister Crowley

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.

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

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

- Aleister Crowley

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.

- Aleister Crowley

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