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Robert Anton Wilson Quotes

Robert Anton Wilson quotes about humanity

American Writer January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007

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We have been told over and over that "you can't change human nature", but the study of emic realities shows quite the contrary, that almost anything can become "human nature" if society defines it as such. Robert Anton Wilson
We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time it is carrying us about...It is the human nervous system itself. Robert Anton Wilson
under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being. Robert Anton Wilson
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. Robert Anton Wilson
The Fundamentalist Christians have told me that I am a slave of Satan and should have my demons expelled with an exorcism. The Fundamentalist Materialists inform me that I am a liar, charlatan, fraud and scoundrel. Aside from this minor difference, the letters are astoundingly similar. Both groups share the same crusading zeal and the same lack of humor, charity and common human decency. These intolerable cults have served to confirm me in my agnosticism by presenting further evidence to... Robert Anton Wilson
Is", "is." "is"? the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin to make sense. I don't know what anything "is"; I only know how it seems to me at this moment Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson quote: "Animals outline their territories with their excretions,..."
Animals outline their territories with their excretions, humans outline their territories by ink excretions on paper. Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson quote: "Human beings live in their myths. They only endure their..."
Human beings live in their myths. They only endure their realities. Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson quote: "Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities."
Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities. Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson quote: "I have never experienced another human being. I have..."
I have never experienced another human being. I have experienced my impressions of them. Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson quote: "Human society as a whole is a vast brainwashing machine whose..."
Human society as a whole is a vast brainwashing machine whose semantic rules and sex roles create a social robot. Robert Anton Wilson

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