1925 Quotes

“The ethical aspect of the Law of Thelema is simple enough theoretically. "Do what thou wilt" does not mean "do what you please"; though this degree of emancipation is implied, that we can no longer say á priori that any given course of action is "wrong". Every man and and every woman has an absolute right to do his or her true will.

At the same time, to quote The Book of the Law, "... thou hast no right but to do thy will". So then, the new Law really announces a stricter bondage than any previous law and this in accordance with biological teaching. An organism progresses by self-imposed inhibitions.”
― Aleister Crowley, The Heart of the Master & Other Papers

“[About Ernest Hemingway] He’s a peach of a fellow and absolutely first-rate.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Try silence. Let your apprehensions gnaw at you like the Spartan boy's fox, but keep your mouths shut, you nervous women. What good does fretting do? Whatever trouble is on its way to you, you are not going to help by fidgeting. You can control your nerves just like all the other calm, quiet, philosophical women who face life bravely, taking the bad with the good, and not expecting too much.”
― The McGuire Newspaper Syndicate