The greatest horrors in the history of mankind are not due to the ambition of the Napoleons or the vengeance of the Agamemnons, but to the doctrinaire philosophers. The theories of the sentimentalist Rousseau inspired the integrity of the passionless Robespierre. The cold-blooded calculations of Karl Marx led to the judicial and business-like operations of the Cheka.
Aleister CrowleyI am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky.
Aleister CrowleyFor pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
Aleister Crowley