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Famous Robert Anton Wilson Quotes
“An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.”
“Everyone look around and see if you can spot the NARCS. They're the ones who look like hippies.”
“Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.”
“I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.”
“History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.”
“Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.”
“Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct to contain constructs.”
“Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.”
“I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.”
“I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.”
“Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.”
“No wife, no horse, no mustache”
“Entropy requires no maintenance.”
“...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.”
“Taxation is robbery based on monopoly of weapons”
“Anyone in the United States today who isn't paranoid must be crazy.”
“Reality is what you can get away with.”
“We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor.”
“help conquer the IQ shortage worry less and think more”
“Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars.”
“The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.”