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

Quote by Aleister Crowley

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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...

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts....

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts....

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...

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...

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not...

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not...

A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.

A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to...

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to...

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put...

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put...