38 ordspråk av Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley
Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say ''no.'' I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
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every man and woman is a star
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Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another
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Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another
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I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman.
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I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.
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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.
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I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.
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I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
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If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.
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In the absence of will-power the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.
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Indubitably, Magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics.
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Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
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It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent interference. If our monkey mischief should ever reach the point of blowing up the earth by decomposing an atom, and even annihilated the sun himself, I cannot really suppose that the universe would turn a hair.
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