A Quote by Robert Anton Wilson

Only the madman is absolutely sure. — © Robert Anton Wilson
Only the madman is absolutely sure.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
I’ve told you before, I love like a madman,” he said. “Immoderate, jealous, possessive...I’m absolutely intolerable.
Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
To cut short this question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence?
To cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent, and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence?
The best thing is to go public only when you're absolutely sure that's the right move for the company. And in order to make sure that is the case, you need to have as much control over the company as possible, which means not giving up control early on.
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.
Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?
The real drug is to train like a madman, really like a madman.
I can only be the madman that I've been so long.
When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.
You and I are meant to be. It's the only thing I'm absolutely sure of. And while I have no idea what to expect, I promise I'll do whatever it takes to find my way back.
Only a madman would give good for evil
The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
Trying to predict the future is a discouraging and hazardous occupation. If by some miracle a prophet could describe the future exactly as it was going to take place, his predictions would sound so absurd that people everyone would laugh him to scorn. The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So, if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable, then I will have failed completely. Only if what I tell you appears absolutely unbelievable have we any chance of visualizing the future as it really will happen.
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