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Colin Wilson Quotes

Man is the only animal who is prone to insanity Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been a pretty hard worker. That’s how I’ve written over a hundred books Picture Quote #1

But Zarathustra made it clear in which direction the answer lay; it is towards the artist-psychologist, the intuitional thinker. There are very few such men in the world’s literature; the great artists are not thinkers, the great thinkers are seldom artists Picture Quote #1

The complex develops out of the simple Picture Quote #1

It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps even in a street accident, before I had ever glimpsed the meaning of life. My moods of happiness and self-confidence convinced me that I had a destiny to become a famous writer, and to be remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the century Picture Quote #1

If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it’s the feeling there’s something basically wrong with human beings Picture Quote #1

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I was aggressively nonpolitical. I believed that people who make a fuss about politics do so because their heads are too empty to think about more important things. So I felt nothing but impatient contempt for Osborne’s Jimmy Porter and the rest of the heroes of social protest Picture Quote #1

The Americans have always been more open to my ideas. In fact, I could earn a living in America just by lecturing. One of my brightest audiences, incidentally, were the prisoners in a Philadelphia gaol - brighter than my students at university Picture Quote #1

I’ve always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider Picture Quote #1

Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back Picture Quote #1

Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness Picture Quote #1

The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it’s a desire to be possessed Picture Quote #1

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In the mid nineteenth century, the typical murderer was a drunken illiterate; a hundred years later the typical murderer regards himself as a thinking man Picture Quote #1

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain Picture Quote #1

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that the world would decline to recognize them Picture Quote #1

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it Picture Quote #1

Simple perception then is a fallacy. Besides the conscious prejudices that we are aware of imposing on the world, there are a thousand subconscious prejudices that we assume to be actuality Picture Quote #1

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy Picture Quote #1

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Man is the only animal who is prone to insanity (Colin Wilson Quotes) I’ve always been a pretty hard worker. That’s how I’ve written over a hundred books. (Colin Wilson Quotes) But Zarathustra made it clear in which direction the answer lay; it is towards the artist-psychologist, the intuitional thinker. There are very few such men in the world’s literature; the great artists are not thinkers, the great thinkers are seldom artists. (Colin Wilson Quotes) The complex develops out of the simple (Colin Wilson Quotes) It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps even in a street accident, before I had ever glimpsed the meaning of life. My moods of happiness and self-confidence convinced me that I had a destiny to become a famous writer, and to be remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the century. (Colin Wilson Quotes) If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it’s the feeling there’s something basically wrong with human beings. (Colin Wilson Quotes) I was aggressively nonpolitical. I believed that people who make a fuss about politics do so because their heads are too empty to think about more important things. So I felt nothing but impatient contempt for Osborne’s Jimmy Porter and the rest of the heroes of social protest (Colin Wilson Quotes) The Americans have always been more open to my ideas. In fact, I could earn a living in America just by lecturing. One of my brightest audiences, incidentally, were the prisoners in a Philadelphia gaol - brighter than my students at university (Colin Wilson Quotes) I’ve always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider (Colin Wilson Quotes) Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back (Colin Wilson Quotes) Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness (Colin Wilson Quotes) The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it’s a desire to be possessed (Colin Wilson Quotes) In the mid nineteenth century, the typical murderer was a drunken illiterate; a hundred years later the typical murderer regards himself as a thinking man (Colin Wilson Quotes) The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain (Colin Wilson Quotes) I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that the world would decline to recognize them (Colin Wilson Quotes) The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it (Colin Wilson Quotes) Simple perception then is a fallacy. Besides the conscious prejudices that we are aware of imposing on the world, there are a thousand subconscious prejudices that we assume to be actuality (Colin Wilson Quotes) Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy (Colin Wilson Quotes)