Quotes by Critics

The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach. Aleister Crowley

Science People Doctor World Assumes Indeed Guilty Has-Been Must Only Investigate Allowed Studies Study Doctor Who Without Always Been Just Anything Reproach Leper Leprosy Who Conscience Recently

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable. Andrea Dworkin

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out. Roger Ebert

Freedom Speak Citizen Responsibility First Freedom Of Speech Out Idea Feel First Amendment Like Most Understand Begin Amendment American Speech

Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA. Stanley Crouch

You Culture CIA Police Crime Parents Politicians Liars Tells Mafia Know Schools Dogs Committed Any Done Going Popular Popular Culture

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

Law Thou Wilt Shall Whole

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff. Aleister Crowley

Word Devil Become Sense Believe Him Content His Chief Get Personal Staff Wanted Hold Ordinary Ordinary Sense Personally Serve

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking. Charles Lamb

You Soul Made Beauty Shine Matters Possibility Superficial Through True True Beauty Leaking Most Attractive Error Disdain Common Where Places Should Body Your Your Body Appearance Belief

Work hard. Through determination and self-focus and discipline, you can accomplish anything. Kimberly Guilfoyle

Work You Determination Work Hard Discipline Through Accomplish Anything Hard

Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted. Roger Ebert

Life Challenges Made Solved Only Accepted Up Cannot

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people. Aleister Crowley

People Morality Only Ordinary Ordinary People

Intolerance is evidence of impotence. Aleister Crowley

Evidence Intolerance Impotence

There is a minimum requirement of morality, of moral compass, of decency, of moral empathy. And if you are incapable of meeting that minimum requirement, you can't even talk to me about policy. Ana Navarro

Me You Decency Meeting Minimum Moral Moral Compass About Morality Empathy Talk Policy Incapable Requirement Even Compass

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Thankful Prayer Grateful Thought Single Perfect Toward Most Heaven

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. William Hazlitt

Hope People Own Others Apt Neighbors Insignificant No Hope Rising Self Most Safe Self-Esteem Sneer Esteem Lowering

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance. bell hooks

Life Ignorance Will Somebody My Life Down Else Someone Bow Whim

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad. Aleister Crowley

Bible Seriously Mad Must Would Take Go Were

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. Aleister Crowley

Me Book Never Message Gods Mankind Should Published

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. Aleister Crowley

Physics Opportunity Practice Judgment Difficult Other Magic Comprehension More Most Sciences Errors Branch Than Any Arts

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine. Andrea Dworkin

Buy Wine Difficult Distinguish Rapist Seduction Bothers Bottle Often

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins. Charles Lamb

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time. Craig Brown

Time You Procrastination Nothing Only Wrong Leave Decide