Quotes by Aleister Crowley

“Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.””

“The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.””

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.””

“Magick is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with the Will.””

“People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part' on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body to relieve oneself of the strain of thinking, just as exercising the muscles helps the body to become temporarily unconscious of its weight, its pain, its weariness, and the foreknowledge of its doom.””

“I've often thought that there isn't any "I" at all; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that when we think we are ourselves, we are simply the victims of a delusion.””

“Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.””

“Every man and every woman is a star.””

“Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.””

“It is a terrible error to let any natural impulse, physical or mental, stagnate. Crush it out, if you will, and be done with it; or fulfil it, and get it out of the system; but do not allow it to remain there and putrefy. The suppression of the normal sex instinct, for example, is responsible for a thousand ills. In Puritan countries one inevitably finds a morbid preoccupation with sex coupled with every form of perversion and degeneracy. ””

“I hardly ever talk- words seem such a waste, and they are none of them true. No one has yet invented a language from my point of view.””

“I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.””