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# Colin Wilson

(1931–2013)   Writer   United Kingdom

 **81** quotes in **606** categories

Colin Wilson writes that exploring yourself often means exploring the world and other writers, and that a strong will is needed to express even a little freedom. He describes Christianity as spreading through fear and ignorance rather than truth. He also imagines waking up each morning to a million possible worlds instead of just one.

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Colin Wilson was a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *The mind parasites*.

## Quick Facts About Colin Wilson

Born June 26, 1931

Died December 5, 2013

Nationality United Kingdom

Profession Writer

Notable works The mind parasites

Known for The Occult: A History, The Outsider, The Book of Time

## About Colin Wilson

Colin Henry Wilson was an English existentialist philosopher-novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his philosophy "new existentialism" or "phenomenological existentialism", and maintained his life work was "that of a philosopher, and (his) purpose to create a new and optimistic existentialism".

##  Quotes by Colin Wilson

> [Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/change-is-inevitable-growth-is-intentional/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/life-itself-is-an-exile-the-way-home-is-not-the-way-back/)

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[Exile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exile/)

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> [I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/i-ve-always-believed-that-a-writer-has-got-to-remain-an-outsider/)

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[Outsider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/outsider/)

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> [The complex develops out of the simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-complex-develops-out-of-the-simple/)

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[Complex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complex/)

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> [Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/imagination-should-be-used-not-to-escape-reality-but-to-create-it/)

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> [When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/when-i-was-a-teenager-i-was-a-total-romantic-escapist-my-world-was/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/turning-on-the-light-is-easy-if-you-know-where-the-switch-is/)

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[Easy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/easy/)

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> [Man is the only animal who is prone to insanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/man-is-the-only-animal-who-is-prone-to-insanity/)

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[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

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> [The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-worst-crimes-are-not-committed-by-evil-degenerates-but-by-decent/)

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[Committed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/committed/)

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> [“The body will destroy the germs of a physical illness within a week; but the mind will preserve germs of morbidity or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-body-will-destroy-the-germs-of-a-physical-illness-within-a-week/)

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[Doctor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doctor/)

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> [The outsider is not sure who he is. He has found an “I”, but it is not his true “I”.’ His main…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-outsider-is-not-sure-who-he-is-he-has-found-an-i-but-it-is-not/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/being-very-famous-is-not-the-fun-it-sounds-it-merely-means-you-re/)

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[Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/)

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> [The "passion for incredulity" can produce as much self-deception as the uncritical will to believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-passion-for-incredulity-can-produce-as-much-self-deception-as-the/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [I've always been a pretty hard worker. That's how I've written over a hundred books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/i-ve-always-been-a-pretty-hard-worker-that-s-how-i-ve-written-over-a/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [In the mid nineteenth century, the typical murderer was a drunken illiterate; a hundred years later the typical murderer regards himself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/in-the-mid-nineteenth-century-the-typical-murderer-was-a-drunken/)

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[Century](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/century/)

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> [The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-average-man-is-a-conformist-accepting-miseries-and-disasters-with/)

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[Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/)

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> [I was aggressively nonpolitical. I believed that people who make a fuss about politics do so because their heads are too empty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/i-was-aggressively-nonpolitical-i-believed-that-people-who-make-a/)

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[Contempt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contempt/)

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> [It is important to grasp that boredom is one of the most common - and undesirable - consequences of 'unicameralism'. Boredom is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/it-is-important-to-grasp-that-boredom-is-one-of-the-most-common-and/)

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[Boredom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boredom/)

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> [“Human intelligence is a function of man’s evolutionary urge; the scientist and the philosopher hunger for truth because they are tired of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/human-intelligence-is-a-function-of-man-s-evolutionary-urge-the/)

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[Human intelligence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-intelligence/)

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> [It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/it-is-far-easier-to-write-an-angry-letter-than-to-go-and-say-angry/)

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[Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/)

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> [Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/ask-the-outsider-what-he-ultimately-wants-and-he-will-admit-he-doesn/)

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[Driving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driving/)

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> [The real issue is not whether two and two make four or whether two and two make five, but whether life advances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-real-issue-is-not-whether-two-and-two-make-four-or-whether-two/)

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[Five](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/five/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/whereas-in-the-past-optimism-had-been-regarded-as-rather-shallow/)

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[Allowing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allowing/)

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> [“Modern man has the possibility of understanding the mechanism of consciousness, and marching directly towards his objective, with the will flexed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/modern-man-has-the-possibility-of-understanding-the-mechanism-of/)

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[Goals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goals/)

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> [One cannot ignore half of life for the purposes of science, and then claim that the results of science give a full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/one-cannot-ignore-half-of-life-for-the-purposes-of-science-and-then/)

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[Adequate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adequate/)

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> [It struck me that the popularity of Christmas is a matter of web-like consciousness. Childhood conditions us to relax and expand at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/it-struck-me-that-the-popularity-of-christmas-is-a-matter-of-web-like/)

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[Approach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approach/)

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> [No matter how honest scientists think they are, they are still influenced by various unconscious assumptions that prevent them from attaining true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/no-matter-how-honest-scientists-think-they-are-they-are-still/)

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[Assumption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assumption/)

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> [Now individual consciousness, as typified in human beings, has great advantages and great disadvantages. Individuality means a narrowing, and narrowness can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/now-individual-consciousness-as-typified-in-human-beings-has-great/)

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[Advantage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/)

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> [“During the course of an ordinary day, we are constrained by a kind of natural caution, an anticipation of possible difficulties and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/during-the-course-of-an-ordinary-day-we-are-constrained-by-a-kind-of/)

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[Caution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caution/)

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> [“These men are in prison: that is the Outsider’s verdict. They are quite contented in prison—caged animals who have never known freedom;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/these-men-are-in-prison-that-is-the-outsider-s-verdict-they-are-quite/)

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[Caged animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caged-animal/)

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> [Isaiah Berlin once said that there are two kinds of writers, hedgehogs and foxes. He said the fox knows many things, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/isaiah-berlin-once-said-that-there-are-two-kinds-of-writers-hedgehogs/)

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[Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angle/)

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> [I have a strong antipathy to everything connected with gardens, gardening and gardeners. . . . Gardening seems to me a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/i-have-a-strong-antipathy-to-everything-connected-with-gardens/)

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[Admission](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admission/)

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> [“Faculty X is simply that latent power in human beings possess to reach beyond the present. After all, we know perfectly well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/faculty-x-is-simply-that-latent-power-in-human-beings-possess-to/)

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[Human being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-being/)

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> [“Professor A. H. Maslow , for example, has conducted a series of researches into extremely healthy people that have led him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/professor-a-h-maslow-for-example-has-conducted-a-series-of-researches/)

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[Altered states of consciousness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/altered-states-of-consciousness/)

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> [“Man is not a 'fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant'. He changed drastically when he developed 'divided consciousness' to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/man-is-not-a-fixed-and-limited-animal-whose-nature-is-absolutely/)

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[Greatest man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest-man/)

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> [“I have tried to show how religion, the backbone of civilisation, hardens into a Church that is unacceptable to Outsiders, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/i-have-tried-to-show-how-religion-the-backbone-of-civilisation/)

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[Religion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/if-you-asked-me-what-is-the-basis-of-all-my-work-it-s-the-feeling/)

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[Asked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/our-language-has-become-a-tired-and-inefficient-thing-in-the-hands-of/)

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[Hands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hands/)

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> [“Faculty X is the ability to grasp the reality not simply of other times and places, but of the present moment as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/faculty-x-is-the-ability-to-grasp-the-reality-not-simply-of-other/)

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[Faculty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faculty/)

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> [The visionary disciplines himself to see the world always as if he had only just seen it for the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-visionary-disciplines-himself-to-see-the-world-always-as-if-he/)

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[Discipline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipline/)

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## Colin Wilson by topic

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                        "text": "“Faculty X is simply that latent power in human beings possess to reach beyond the present. After all, we know perfectly well that the past is as real as the present, and that New York and Singapore and Lhasa and Stepney Green are all as real as the place I happen to be in at the moment. Yet my senses do not agree. They assure me that this place, here and now, is far more real than any other place or any other time. Only in certain moments of great inner intensity do I know this to be a lie. Faculty X is a sense of reality, the reality of other places and other times, and it is the possession of it — fragmentary and uncertain though it is — that distinguishes man from all other animals”",
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