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Our language has become a tired and inefficient thing in the hands of journalists and writers who have nothing to say.

Our language has become a tired and inefficient thing in the hands of journalists and writers who have nothing to say.

Colin Wilson
Tired, Hands, Language
Colin Wilson (2014). “The Outsider”, p.194, Diversion Books

It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps even in a street accident, before I had ever glimpsed the meaning of life. My moods of happiness and self-confidence convinced me that I had a "destiny" to become a famous writer, and to be remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the century.

Colin Wilson
Self Confidence, Destiny, Important

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

Colin Wilson
Play, Symphony, Actors
Colin Wilson (1964). “Brandy of the Damned: Discoveries of a Musical Eclectic”, London : J.Baker

Now individual consciousness, as typified in human beings, has great advantages and great disadvantages. Individuality means a narrowing, and narrowness can be useful. It is good for close-up work. We have invented the magnifying glass and the microscope to narrow our vision, because narrowness makes for precision. But narrowness also makes for a failure of purpose, for exhaustion of the will; for purpose depends upon a broad vision, a clear sight of one's objective.

Colin Wilson
Mean, Glasses, Sight

The effects of mescalin or LSD can be, in some respects, far more satisfying than those of alcohol. To begin with, they last longer; they also leave behind no hangover, and leave the mental faculties clear and unimpaired. They stimulate the faculties and produce the ideal ground for a peak experience.

Colin Wilson
Hangover, Alcohol, Lasts
"Introduction to the New Existentialism" by Colin Wilson, (p. 88), 1966.

The Americans have always been more open to my ideas. In fact, I could earn a living in America just by lecturing. One of my brightest audiences, incidentally, were the prisoners in a Philadelphia gaol - brighter than my students at university.

Colin Wilson
Ideas, Philadelphia, America
Interview with Paul Newman, Abraxas Unbound #7,

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