Author of quotes: Colin Wilson. Page 1

The characteristic features of genius are patience and foresight. He knows he may not succeed not tomorrow, not next month or even next year, but, nevertheless, must continue to create. Even if he gets a confession, his new work can be so unconventional and difficult for contemporaries, admirers rejected it as "strange" - like the latter, imbued with a deeply religious spirit, the Quartet of Beethoven. In order to continue to go further, he needs faith, knowing that he is on the right track.

Each of us at a certain stage of development seeks to impose its will on the world. Each of us would like to see their enemies humiliated, and friends rewarded. But most of us have in the end to accept a world in which everything is impossible. If we develop the ability to adapt well to this world, we become worthy, Mature extraordinary human personalities. Children just differ in this unwillingness to adapt. As rightly pointed out by Freud, if a child is to give the infinite power, in a moment of whim it will destroy the whole world.

A man who lives like a beast in search of prey almost always dies alone, not lament their brethren.

All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

... the so-called "defamation" can become a formidable weapon in the hands of a fighter for the truth. But no matter what purpose, it is resorted to in the hope to defend the truth or, conversely, to denigrate someone's reputation is always insidious and dangerous weapon, capable of hitting not only the victim but also who it is aiming for. And because it's better that the sword of slander will never be extracted from its scabbard.

Slander and malicious fabrications are no less vicious and dirty from the fact that there are evidence of their truth.

When people reach a state of extreme despair, they turn away from society and create a gap between itself and the rest of the world. They look at other people in the same way as a farmer for his sheep and pigs as in other species.

Civilized upbringing is just a shell, thin as the skin...

All the little kids tend to do what they want, and can't understand why not receive just what you want. If family education is based on love and sense of security, children are rather quickly able to learn not only to take but to give, not only to demand but to give in. They begin to understand that the desire to always do your own thing can hurt someone you love. Therefore, one of the most important answers to the question about the origins of the OCD, States: the reason is the lack of love in childhood. Love produces the same effect on the person which sunlight produces on the plant: they grow and ripen. Without love, a person suffering from an obsession, do not see any need for "ripening" and trying growth. Perhaps, in my childhood my parents largely refused such a man and because he held them carefully concealed anger. Later, found that society also denies him much of what he wants to have, and he is always ready to grab their own piece, feeling the slightest distraction or loss of focus on the part of the society. As a result the person behaves like Alexander Mayer - that is, comes from another human being as if it is a cheap tool that can be discarded immediately after use, like a disposable handkerchief.

For most of us it's very difficult when you need to concentrate on one thing for more or less long time: diverts all that is happening around. A toddler can get involved by viewing a TV program, but if at this moment he will bring a new toy, he'll forget about TV and start playing. The older child or teenager is able to first inspect up to the end of the program and then try to deal with toy.
It is reasonable... but not always desirable, as those who take from life all that it gives, and freely enjoy the moments of temporary satisfaction, are often healthier and happier than the so-called "reasonable" people. Obsessive sense of duty often becomes a cause of such diseases as the plague. We all need to learn to find a balance between goal setting and ability to find the pleasure in everything and to take it out every minute of our everyday existence. And this is something that is not capable of doing suffering from "a syndrome of obsessions".

Shakespeare rightly said that a guilty conscience turns people into cowards. But it does much more: it becomes their executioner, twining around the throat with a rope of memories of the crime they have committed.

"A born victim" - a person who suffers from a "lack of vitality": he realizes that his failures are occurring mainly at fault, but sees it as another failure, instead try to understand that things can change. Such a person often prefers to live in a fantasy world, an escape from the reality, and because the inevitable clash with her always entails tragedy.

... the first months of a child's life are crucial. Young animals deprived during this period, parental affection, become incapable of love and care. As if something inside dies. The same thing happens with people.

Perhaps the walls have ears, but they have no language.