Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

Quote by Aleister Crowley

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

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

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....

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of...

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of...

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.

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,...

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 people who have really made history are the martyrs.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...