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Colin Wilson Quotes: The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions.
         

The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions.


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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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The color of truth is grey.

The color of truth is grey.



The confusion is always created within the illusion.

The confusion is always created within the illusion.



Sometimes it is hard because my schedule is crazy. I am homeschooled, so my school travels with me.

Sometimes it is hard because my schedule is crazy. I am homeschooled, so my school travels with me.



No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today.



Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own stuff.

Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own stuff.



Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems.

Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems.



...in the ways of Nature there is no evil to be found.

...in the ways of Nature there is no evil to be found.



Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful.

Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful.



What is terrible when you seek the truth is that you find it.

What is terrible when you seek the truth is that you find it.



There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.




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