Robert Anton Wilson Quotes

A true initiation never ends.
Robert Anton Wilson

True, Ends, Initiation

Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.
Robert Anton Wilson

Certitude, Belongs

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.
Robert Anton Wilson

Infinite, Regress, Explains

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Robert Anton Wilson

Themselves, Everybody, Except

Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different.
Robert Anton Wilson

Different, Individual, Exist

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
Robert Anton Wilson

Once, Longer, Destroy

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.
Robert Anton Wilson

Next, Seems, Exciting

Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct to contain constructs.
Robert Anton Wilson

Mind, Reality, Space

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking.
Robert Anton Wilson

Pick, Function, Theology

The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now.
Robert Anton Wilson

Life, Work, Art

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.
Robert Anton Wilson

God, Become, Gods

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.
Robert Anton Wilson

Marriage, History, Rose

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.
Robert Anton Wilson

History, View, Economics

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.
Robert Anton Wilson

History, Last, Natural

I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.
Robert Anton Wilson

Forward, Optimism, Dread

I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.
Robert Anton Wilson

Life, Wrong, Here

I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.
Robert Anton Wilson

Longer, Ideal, Anarchist

It's only possible to see people when one is able to see the world as others see it.
Robert Anton Wilson

Others, Able, Possible

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.
Robert Anton Wilson

Perfect, Majority, Ladies

Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.
Robert Anton Wilson

Nothing, Learned, Blood

The average is that which no person quite ever is.
Robert Anton Wilson

Person, Quite, Average

The Grail is the womb of the beloved.
Robert Anton Wilson

Beloved, Womb, Grail

The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The universe inside is outside but the universe outside is inside.
Robert Anton Wilson

Forward, Down, Path

The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.
Robert Anton Wilson

Government, Business, Big

There is no complete theory of anything.
Robert Anton Wilson

Theory, Complete

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Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: January 18, 1932

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