Masks of the Illuminati Quotes

“We all see only that which we are trained to see.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“The normal is that which nobody quite is. If you listen to seemingly dull people very closely, you'll see that they're all mad in different and interesting ways, and are merely struggling to hide it.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“Only the madman is absolutely sure.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“How many times... have you encountered the saying, 'When the student is ready, the Master speaks?' Do you know why that is true? The door opens inward. The Master is everywhere, but the student has to open his mind to hear the Masters Voice.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“Encounters with death and danger are only adventures to the survivors.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“No wife, no horse, no mustache”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“Wishing to prove oneself right is the usual motive for scholarship.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“Ipsum Nomen Res Ipsa: The Name Itself is the Thing Itself. I.N.R.I.: Isis, Apophis, Osiris: IAO.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“You know the difference between right and wrong,' he repeated finally. 'Man, why did you need Initiation—by the Golden Dawn, or by anybody else? You are a genius, a sage, a giant among men. You have solved the problem which philosophers have been debating since antiquity—the mystery about which no two nations or tribes have ever agreed, and no two men or women have ever agreed, and no intelligent person has ever agreed totally with himself from one day to the next. You know the difference between right and wrong. I am overawed. I swoon. I figuratively kiss your feet.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“If it were Hegel, I might suspect it means nothing. But Goethe means something, always.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“See you when tea is hot.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati

“In almost all other professions a man must be able to observe carefully and report accurately what he has seen. Those qualifications are unnecessary for journalists, however, since their job is to write sensational stories that sell newspapers.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati