Aleister Crowley Quotes

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

Nothing is proved, all is permitted.

We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right in his own eyes.

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.

Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code.

In those days [after Samson's death] there was no king in Israel, but every man did what was right in his own eyes.

I am an Anarchist! Wherefore I will not rule, and also ruled I will not be!

Individual liberty, freed from all bonds and all laws, all objective and social values, is in reality only a death-dealing anarchy.

All the better; they do not force me to do anything that I would not have done of my own accord if I did not dread scandal. But since they want it that way, I enter gladly on the path that is opened to me, with the consolation that my departure will be more innocent than was the exodus of the early Hebrews from Egypt.

We read a lot from the Satanic bible. It's not quite the opposite of the normal bible - a lot of its principles are just about being yourself, if you want to do something you do it, if you wanna have affairs you can. But we never hold daily rituals or anything.

Whatever is not forbidden is permitted.

The law detects, grace alone conquers sin.

I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents. This is so simple I'm ashamed to say it, but I'm sure it's true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that's why I don't understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.

The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.

I feel Aleister Crowley is a misunderstood genius of the 20th century. Because his whole thing was liberation of the person, of the entity, and that restrictions would foul you up, lead to frustration which leads to violence, crime, mental breakdown, depending on what sort of makeup you have underneath. The further this age we're in now gets into technology and alienation, a lot of the points he's made seem to manifest themselves all down the line.

But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent!

There is no God, there is only what you want.

Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law and without justice. If he finds himself an individual who cannot live in society, or who pretends he has need of only his own resources do not consider him as a member of humanity; he is a savage beast or a god.

They would be subject to no one, neither to lawful ruler nor to the reign of law, but would be altogether and absolutely free. That is the way they got their tyrants, for either servitude or freedom, when it goes to extremes, is an utter bane, while either in due measure is altogether a boon.

Anything goes and nothing matters.

Without God all things are permitted.

Away with all ideals. Let each individual act spontaneously from the forever incalculable prompting of the creative wellhead within him. There is no universal law.

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

There are no "standards of Right". Ethics is balderdash. Each Star must go on its own orbit. To hell with "moral principle"; there is no such thing.