Robert Anton Wilson Quotes

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Robert Anton Wilson

Profession : Writer

Birth : January 18, 1932

When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity.

Robert Anton Wilson

Belief is the death of intelligence.

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All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense, real and meaningless in some sense, unreal and meaningless in some sense, and real and unreal and meaningless in some sense.

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The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a standstill.

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A true initiation never ends.

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Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

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Only the madman is absolutely sure.

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Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

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Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.

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Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.

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On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.

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Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities.

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The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking.

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Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.

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The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now.

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Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.

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It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

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Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

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If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.

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Everyone look around and see if you can spot the NARCS. They're the ones who look like hippies.

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