“Intelligent thinking means an increment of freedom in action-an emancipation from chance and fatality. 'Thought' represents the suggestion of a way of response that is different from that which would have been followed if intelligent observation had not effected an inference as to the future.” IfsThinkingWayMeanHas BeensDifferentActionChanceIntelligentResponseObservationSuggestionsEmancipationInferenceFatality Book:The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1920 Source: The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1920
“My observation of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know, and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such beings.” KnowsHumansWholeUniverseIndividualChanceQualityMankindHigherStructureContactNervousObservationConvinceCerebral Author:Aleister Crowley
“When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a little irritation - 'In the field of observation in science, fortune only favours the prepared mind.' It is not by chance that it is always the great scientists who have the luck.” MindLittlesChanceFieldsAchievementScientistLuckFortunePreparedObservationFavourIrritationGreat AchievementGreat ScientistPasteur Book:The Unnatural Nature of Science Source: The Unnatural Nature of Science