Robert Anton Wilson Quotes

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

Most men indeed as well as most sects in Religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and that where ever others differ from them it is so far error.

There is no man so blind as one who has made up his mind.

Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

Moral certainty can deafen people to any truth other than their own.

One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced of the righteousness of their own position that it doesn't dawn on them that a reasonable person might have a different viewpoint.

When people make judgments they close all the possibility around them.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

Obstinacy and heat of opinion are the surest proof of stupidity.

People don't see much further than their noses.

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

How prone we are to come to the consideration of every question with heads and hearts pre-occupied! How prone to shrink from any opinion, however reasonable, if it be opposed to any, however unreasonable, of our own! How disposed are we to judge, in anger, those who call upon us to think, and encourage us to enquire! To question our prejudices seems nothing less than sacrilege; to break the chains of our ignorance, nothing short of impiety!

Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.

The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.

A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

I don't believe in any kind of fundamentalism.

Obviously, some people are thick, and they're not gonna see what they don't want to see.

A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.

Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.

The people who have the strongest opinion about everything have never left their city, their town, haven't left their 'hood, haven't left their area, their corner of the world. They don't read. They've never left their house.

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

Belief is the death of intelligence.