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Colin Wilson Quotes

«The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.»
Author: Colin Wilson | About: Change, Mind | Keywords: change hands, exactly, grasp
«The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.»
«A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors»
Author: Colin Wilson | Keywords: instruments
«The complex develops out of the simple.»
Author: Colin Wilson
«What it means basically is that you're able to focus until you suddenly experience that sense that everything is good,»
Author: Colin Wilson
«[He has been forced to test his own powers in this area enormously over the past year.] When I was pretty sure that the autobiography was going to be a great success, ... and when it, on the contrary, got viciously attacked... well, I know I'm not wrong. Obviously the times are out of joint.»
Author: Colin Wilson
«One of my main problems as far as the public is concerned is that I've always been interested in too many things, ... and if they can't typecast you as a writer on this or that, then I'm afraid you tend not to be understood at all.»
Author: Colin Wilson
«The problem is everywhere. You're never going to get away from it.»
Author: Colin Wilson
«I wanted the hands to reach out to help the people who were hurt in the hurricane, ... And I wrote down the year on the button so everyone would remember it was this year.»
Author: Colin Wilson