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Colin Wilson Quotes: If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it's the feeling there's something basically wrong with human beings.
         

If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it's the feeling there's something basically wrong with human beings.


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Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back.

Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back.



The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.



If you can train your senses to perceive the movement of the minute hand of a clock, what is to stop you for training them to 'slow down' when you look at a tree or a puddle?

If you can train your senses to perceive the movement of the minute hand of a clock, what is to stop you for training them to 'slow down' when you look at a tree or a puddle?



Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.

Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.



Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.

Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.



When we pull back and get, for a moment, the 'bird's eye' view of life, it reveals meanings that are ungraspable by the narrow focus of our usual worm's eye view

When we pull back and get, for a moment, the 'bird's eye' view of life, it reveals meanings that are ungraspable by the narrow focus of our usual worm's eye view



When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds.

When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds.



Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.

Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.



It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as soon as we look in one another's faces we can see the other point of view.

It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as soon as we look in one another's faces we can see the other point of view.



Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness.

Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness.





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Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season. The challenge now is to dominate English football for a long time.

Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season. The challenge now is to dominate English football for a long time.



Expertise is the mantra of modern medicine.

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You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer".

You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer".



I live a very privileged life, obviously. I'm an accomplished actor, I have a very solid normal family, tons of siblings, and a mother that loves me.

I live a very privileged life, obviously. I'm an accomplished actor, I have a very solid normal family, tons of siblings, and a mother that loves me.



We have the greatest people on Earth in our military. We don't take care of our veterans.

We have the greatest people on Earth in our military. We don't take care of our veterans.



As President, I am determined to offer leadership to overcome our current economic problems. My goal is for jobs for all who want to work and economic opportunity for all who want to achieve.

As President, I am determined to offer leadership to overcome our current economic problems. My goal is for jobs for all who want to work and economic opportunity for all who want to achieve.



Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st.

Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st.



A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.



Nobody else can destroy you except you; nobody else can save you except you. You are the Judas and you are the Jesus.

Nobody else can destroy you except you; nobody else can save you except you. You are the Judas and you are the Jesus.




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