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

Quote by Aleister Crowley

Topics: Freemason Quotes

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

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

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....

Every man and woman is a star.

Every man and woman is a star.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

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

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

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

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 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.

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

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

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 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...

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...