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Chess Player Inspirational Quotes (2575)

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The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will.
Aleister Crowley
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This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation.
Aleister Crowley
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It will be seen that the formula - 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law' has nothing to do with 'Do as you please.' It is much more difficult to comply with the Law of Thelema than to follow out slavishly a set of dead regulations.
Aleister Crowley
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When you have proved that God is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far to the perception that the sex instinct is God.
Aleister Crowley
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The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.
Aleister Crowley
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What is necessary is not to seek after some fantastic ideal, utterly unsuited to our real needs, but to discover the true nature of those needs, to fulfill them, and rejoice therein.
Aleister Crowley
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Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice.
Aleister Crowley
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To the eyes of a god, mankind must appear as a species of bacteria which multiply and become progressively virulent whenever they find themselves in a congenial culture, and whose activity diminishes until they disappear completely as soon as proper measures are taken to sterilize them.
Aleister Crowley
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A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world.
Aleister Crowley
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Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.
Aleister Crowley
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Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest!
Aleister Crowley
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Do not imagine that art or anything else is other than high magic! - is a system of holy hieroglyph. The artist, the initiate, thus frames his mysteries. The rest of the world scoff, or seek to understand, or pretend to understand some few obtain the truth.
Aleister Crowley
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Further, an excess of legislation defeats its own ends. It makes the whole population criminals, and turns them all into police and police spies. The moral health of such a people is ruined for ever only revolution can save it.
Aleister Crowley
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Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it.
Aleister Crowley
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Every man and every woman is a star.
Aleister Crowley
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Love is the law, love under will.
Aleister Crowley
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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.
Aleister Crowley
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This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.
Aleister Crowley
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Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.
Aleister Crowley
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The most delicious sensation of all is the re-birth of healthy human love. Spring coming back to Earth!
Aleister Crowley
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For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
Aleister Crowley
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The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.
Aleister Crowley
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To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind or, if not, should never be published at all.
Aleister Crowley
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I was asked to memorise what I did not understand and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.
Aleister Crowley
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