The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

Quote by Aleister Crowley

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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...

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline...

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline...

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...

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

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

Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely...

Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

Every man and woman is a star.

Every man and woman is a star.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

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 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...

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

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

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...

Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that...

Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that...

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...

One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.

One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.

Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's...

Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's...