The ‘Worst Man in the World’ Tells the Astounding Story of His Life in Articles by Aleister Crowley.

“It was at Cambridge that I perceived the futility of worldly ambitions. I had wanted to be a poet and to attain to the greatest success in the Diplomatic Service, for which the late Lord Salisbury had intended me.” [via, also]

Consider also:

  1. “Before Hitler was, I am.”
  2. “The hoodwink was removed also when I arrived at the throne in the east, where the officer representing the god Osiris gave me another injunction–that the path of attainment lies through the knowledge and use of perfect balance, justice, righteousness, and truth.”
  3. In Space, There Might Be North
  4. “The first proof that I had of this miracle-working capacity which is latent in every man was this: even before I had issued the call for guidance there was a man at my side to answer it.”
  5. “One book told me of a secret community of saints in possession of every spiritual grace, of the keys of the treasure of Nature. The members of this church lived their secret life of sanctuary in the world, radiating light and love on all those that came within their scope.”