Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional need for certitude. Robert Anton Wilson More Quotes by Robert Anton Wilson More Quotes From Robert Anton Wilson Editors always amputate the brain first and preserve a good-looking corpse. Robert Anton Wilson editorsbrainfirsts I regard morality and ideology as the chief cause of human misery. Robert Anton Wilson miserymoralitycauses Artistic judgments are silly if expressed as dogmas, at least until we get an "artometer" which can measure objectively how many micro-michelangelos or kilo-homers of genius a given artifact has in it. Robert Anton Wilson artisticgeniussilly Bob Dylan seems to me a totally pernicious influence - the nasal whine of death and masochism. Certainly, this would be a more cheerful world if there were no Dylan records in it. But Dylan and his audience mirror each other, and deserve each other; as Marx said, a morbid society creates its own morbid grave-diggers. Robert Anton Wilson cheerfulmirrorswould-be If you want to be happy, practise it every day Robert Anton Wilson want-to-be-happyifswant There's a great universe just next door. Robert Anton Wilson nextuniversedoors I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here. Robert Anton Wilson beamplanetsthinking Everyone look around and see if you can spot the NARCS. They're the ones who look like hippies. Robert Anton Wilson spotshippielooks I find the universe so staggering that I just don't have any faith in my ability to grasp it. Robert Anton Wilson staggeringabilityuniverse The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking. Robert Anton Wilson theologyfunctionpockets There is no governor anywhere. You are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped. If anybody could go into dhyana at will, nobody could be controlled - by fear of prison, by fear of whips or electroshock, by fear of death, even. All existing society is based on keeping those fears alive, to control the masses. Ten people who know would be more dangerous than a million armed anarchists. Robert Anton Wilson alivewould-bepeople People have murdered each other, in massive wars and guerilla actions, for many centuries, and still murder each other in the present, over Ideologies and Religions which, stated as propositions, appear neither true nor false to modern logicians- meaningless propositions that look meaningful to the linguistically naive. Robert Anton Wilson meaningfulwarpeople Whatever the Thinker thinks, the Prover will prove. And if the Thinker thinks passionately enough, the Prover will prove the thought so conclusively that you will never talk a person out of such a belief, even if it is something as remarkable as the notion that there is a gaseous vertebrate of astronomical heft ("GOD") who will spend all eternity torturing people who do not believe in his religion. Robert Anton Wilson believepeoplethinking Ye have locked yerselves up in cages of fear and, behold, do ye now complain that ye lack FREEDOM! Robert Anton Wilson atheismfearcomplaining There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually. Robert Anton Wilson there-is-no-goddevil Accuracy of signal and free flow of information define sanity in my epistemology. Robert Anton Wilson sanityinformationflow The variables vary too much and the constants aren't as constant as they seem. Robert Anton Wilson variablesconstanttoo-much Christianity is alone in thinking that sex is entirely the Devil's business and an offence to God, This is a strange doctrine and almost implies that God and the devil must have collaborated on the creation of humanity, God working above the belly button and the Devil below. Robert Anton Wilson humanitysexthinking Obviously, the faster we process information, the more rich and complex our models or glosses - our reality-tunnels - will become. Robert Anton Wilson informationtunnelsreality Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey. Robert Anton Wilson philadelphianextdull
