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

~Colin Wilson

Topics: Accepting Average Average Man Conformist Cow Disasters Man Miseries Rain Standing

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A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.

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Topics: Actor Instead Instruments Parts Play Stage Symphony Written

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The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

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Topics: Change Exactly Exactly The Same Grasp Hands Merely Mind Power Same World

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The complex develops out of the simple.

~Colin Wilson

Topics: Complex Develops Out Simple

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When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books.

~Colin Wilson

Topics: Books Escapist Romantic Teenager Total World

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What I wanted to do was to try to create a philosophy upon a completely new foundation.

~Colin Wilson

Topics: Create Foundation New Philosophy Try Wanted

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Whereas in the past optimism had been regarded as rather shallow - because 'oh well, it's just your temperament, you happen to be just a cheerful sort of person' - what I wanted to do was to establish that in fact it is the pessimists who are allowing all kinds of errors to creep into their work.

~Colin Wilson

Topics: Allowing Because Been Cheerful Creep Errors Establish Fact Had Happen In Fact In The Past Just Kinds Oh Optimism Past Person Pessimists Rather Regarded Shallow Sort Temperament Wanted Well Whereas Who Work You Your

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

~Colin Wilson

Topics: All My Work Asked Basically Basis Beings Feeling Human Human Beings Me Something Work Wrong You

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I'm basically a writer of ideas, and the English aren't interested in ideas. The English, I'm afraid, are totally brainless.

~Colin Wilson

Topics: Afraid Basically English Ideas Interested Totally Writer

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Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

~Colin Wilson

Topics: Being Chased Famous Fun Lose Lot Means Merely People Privacy Sounds Very You Your

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: June 26th, 1931

Died: December 5th, 2013

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