The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct. Robert Anton Wilson More Quotes by Robert Anton Wilson More Quotes From Robert Anton Wilson The rapists of the intellectual world become politicians; the seducers become artists. Robert Anton Wilson intellectualartistworld Perhaps the final secret of the Illuminati is that you don’t know you're a member until it’s too late to get out. Robert Anton Wilson finalssecrettoo-late We're living on the Planet of the Apes. Is that funny or serious? Robert Anton Wilson apesplanetsserious Try living forever with the metaprogram, 'Everything works out more perfectly than I plan it. Robert Anton Wilson work-outforevertrying On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break. Robert Anton Wilson jailintelligentchoices Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make their own rules. Robert Anton Wilson theoryjudgingart How many times... have you encountered the saying, 'When the student is ready, the Master speaks?' Do you know why that is true? The door opens inward. The Master is everywhere, but the student has to open his mind to hear the Masters Voice. Robert Anton Wilson voiceminddoors Most of the characteristics which make for success in writing are precisely those which we are all taught to repress ... the firm belief that you are an important person, that you are a lot smarter than most people, and that your ideas are so damned important that everybody should listen to you. Robert Anton Wilson writingpeopleideas The worst that can happen under monarchy is rule by a single imbecile, but democracy often means the rule by an assembly of three or four hundred imbeciles. Robert Anton Wilson democracythreemean Every kind of ignorance in the world all results from not realizing that our perceptions are gambles. We believe what we see and then we believe our interpretation of it, we don’t even know we are making an interpretation most of the time. We think this is reality. Robert Anton Wilson ignorancebelievethinking In order to eat, you have to be hungry. In order to learn, you have to be ignorant. Ignorance is a condition of learning. Pain is a condition of health. Passion is a condition of thought. Death is a condition of life. Robert Anton Wilson passionpainignorance Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves. Robert Anton Wilson daretruthpeople I see anarchism as the theoretical ideal to which we are all gradually evolving to a point where everybody can tell the truth to everybody else and nobody can get punished for it. That can only happen without hierarchy and without people having the authority to punish other people. Robert Anton Wilson hierarchyanarchypeople My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence. Robert Anton Wilson faithbelievethinking Are traditional schools very much like mini-prisons? Do they stifle imagination, cramp the child physically and mentally, and run on various forms of overt or covert terrorism? Of course, the answer is an unambiguous YES. Robert Anton Wilson runningchildrenschool part of the humor of living on this backward planet is listening to the hominids rationalize their predations. Robert Anton Wilson hominidsplanetslistening We are all giants, raised by pygmies, who have learned to walk with a perpetual mental crouch. Robert Anton Wilson raisedgiantswalks People who've been through our educational system, they think they're thinking, when they're just repeating like parrots. Robert Anton Wilson educationalpeoplethinking Hysteria is a chaotic and irrational emotional state caused by seeing how the world really operates. Robert Anton Wilson hysteriaemotionalworld If you want to become a concert pianist, do it every day. You want to be a writer, do it every day. You want to become depressed, think depressing thoughts every day. You want to become an optimist, think a cheerful thought every day. Do it every day. Robert Anton Wilson cheerfuldepressingthinking
