Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilsonwas an American author, novelist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized as an Episkopos, Pope, and saint of Discordianism, Wilson helped publicize the group through his writings and interviews...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 January 1932
CountryUnited States of America
Robert Anton Wilson quotes about
cynical cynicism idealism
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
faith believe thinking
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.
stupidity humanity robots
In summary, Intelligence Intensification is desirable, because there is not a single problem confronting humanity that is not either caused or considerably worsened by the prevailing stupidity (insensitivity) of the species: badly wired robots bumping into and maiming and killing each other.
taken intelligent government
To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be an idealistic choice taken for purely idealistic reasons. Now it is an act of intelligent and almost desperate self-defense.
religious war liars
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.
different fiction groups
Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different.
brain religion damage
I regard belief as a form of brain damage.
marriage drama rose
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.
dumb belief blind
If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.
motivational thinking thinker
What the thinker thinks, the prover proves
size existence models
Existence is larger than any model that is not itself the exact size of existence....
ego fiction blame
Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.
communication mean power
A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production.
looks encyclopedia certitude
Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only look in one encyclopedia.