Pax Hominibus Bonae Voluntatis by Aleister Crowley in International, Dec 1917.

“It is necessary in many circumstances to fight; and, in order to fight well, one needs certain quite definite qualities. In olden days I did a good deal of fencing, by which I do not mean receiving stolen goods. I mean the play of rapier and small-sword. I learned that I must be entirely concentrated on the business on hand, and that elaborate arguments purporting to prove that my opponent was a Chinaman or a heretic, were out of place.” [via]

Consider also:

  1. “We reply, ‘Certainly not, you are monsters. On with the revel!'”
  2. “The idea of moral character is outworn and ridiculous.”
  3. "We reply, 'Certainly not, you are monsters. On with the revel!'"
  4. “It is evident from these shining examples that our humanitarianism, like all other forms of thought, is strictly limited by time and space.”
  5. “I think it will be clear that in order to read the man’s mind, you must put away from you anything like emotion. You are there to kill him efficiently, and you should practice the detachment of the surgeon, who does not wring his hands and wail when he sees the patient on the operating table.”