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

Quote by Aleister Crowley

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The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change,...

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change,...

Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able to bring at...

Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able to bring at...

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly...

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly...

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so...

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so...

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for...

I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for...

The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.

The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.

The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes...

The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes...

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the...

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the...

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

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

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

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

The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who...

The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who...

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank...

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank...

I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next...

I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next...

Love stories are only fit for the solace of people in the insanity of puberty....

Love stories are only fit for the solace of people in the insanity of puberty....

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

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

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take...

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take...

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of...

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of...