Aleister Crowley

Consciousness is a symptom of disease.

I loathe law. It seems to me as if it were merely an elaborate series of obstacles to doing things sensibly.

Every man is eternally alone. But when you get mixed up with a fairly decent crowd, you forget that appalling fact for long enough to give your brain time to recover from the acute symptoms of its disease - that of thinking.

Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will! But always unto me.

Sex is the sacred song of the soul; Sex is the sanctuary of Self.

The sexual nature of a man is his most intense expression of himself; his subconsciousness endeavours thereby to inform his consciousness of his Will… It is supremely sacred to him, and to interfere with its expression, or try to edit it, is an abominable crime.

The Beast 666 is only the sun. My duty is to bring mankind to the realization of this fact.

I want blasphemy, murder, rape, revolution, anything, bad or good, so long as it breaks up the damnable smugness of the world.

The universe is the practical joke of the General at the expense of the Particular.

The study of the Law is the study of the Self.

The perfect man is a beast.

Every man has a right to make his own law.

The highest form of worship is the pure, unadulterated enjoyment of life.

The great work is to unite the individual with the universe.

There is no other god than man.

The soul is a star that travels in the heavens.

The true man is a beast, a god, a law unto himself.

The universe is a dance of joy, a song of love.

There is no devil but the fear of God.

The highest aspiration of man is to become God.