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.

Quote by Aleister Crowley

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

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.

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....

Every man and woman is a star.

Every man and woman is a star.

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...

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...

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a...

The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a...