Quotes by Aleister Crowley

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

My observations of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know; and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such Beings.

It has often been argued, in fact, that mankind lost the happiness characteristic of his fellow-animals when he acquired self-consciousness. This is in fact the meaning of the legend of "The Fall." We have become as gods, knowing good and evil, and the price is that we live by labour, and—"In his eyes foreknowledge of death."

Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty.

If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops & does nought.

So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will.

Do that, and no other shall say nay.

Every man and every woman is a star.

I will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici : By the power of truth, I, a living man, have conquered the universe

Tell the truth, but lead so improbable a life that the truth will never be believed.