Something I found about that statement Swilow: "Hassan i Sabbah, called the "Old Man of the Mountain", founder and ruler of the Hashishim, or assassins. Variously quoted as Sabbah's last words on his
deathbed, or as a motto, or ritual passphrase taught to the highest advanced members of the cult, to be recited with the speaker's back to Mecca. In either case, the quote is emblematic...