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title: "2 Beat generation Quotes By Peter Lamborn Wilson"
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> [“If modern dervishes are no more than "traditional hippies," still I feel that the world has a secret but absolute need for the presence of such wild free spirits, just as it needs the presence of some wilderness, unplanned, unmanaged,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lamborn-wilson/if-modern-dervishes-are-no-more-than-traditional-hippies-still-i-feel/)

Peter Lamborn Wilson

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> [“It is always morning, the caravan is always departing. All we can do is share the Prophet's prayer - "O Lord increase our amazement" - and set forth into the Bewilderness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lamborn-wilson/it-is-always-morning-the-caravan-is-always-departing-all-we-can-do-is/)

Peter Lamborn Wilson

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## Other authors on Beat generation

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jack-kerouac-45445.jpg) Jack Kerouac 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beat-generation/jack-kerouac/)

## More by Peter Lamborn Wilson

> [“And Our freedom depends on other people's freedom, for our fates are inextricably interwoven with others', especially with those we love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lamborn-wilson/and-our-freedom-depends-on-other-people-s-freedom-for-our-fates-are/)

Peter Lamborn Wilson

> [“If modern dervishes are no more than "traditional hippies," still I feel that the world has a secret but absolute need for the presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lamborn-wilson/if-modern-dervishes-are-no-more-than-traditional-hippies-still-i-feel/)

Peter Lamborn Wilson

> [“It is always morning, the caravan is always departing. All we can do is share the Prophet's prayer - "O Lord increase our amazement"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lamborn-wilson/it-is-always-morning-the-caravan-is-always-departing-all-we-can-do-is/)

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