My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.
Robert Anton WilsonRead
The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Life is a complex interplay of experiences that may seem chaotic yet holds beauty and purpose in the moment.
Robert Anton Wilson's quote reflects on the nature of life as intricate and often perplexing, emphasizing that while life may appear to lack inherent meaning, it is filled with beauty and artistry in every experience. The notion of a 'moving goal' suggests that life is not about achieving a fixed endpoint but rather embracing the journey itself, recognizing that every moment holds its own significance and artistry.
Themes
LifeBeautyMeaningArtJourney
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about embracing life’s unpredictability, one could use this quote to illustrate the beauty of the journey.
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I see anarchism as the theoretical ideal to which we are all gradually evolving to a point where everybody can tell the truth to everybody else and nobody can get punished for it. That can only happen without hierarchy and without people having the authority to punish other people.
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To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be an idealistic choice taken for purely idealistic reasons. Now it is an act of intelligent and almost desperate self-defense.
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The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.
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The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to the average primate, who instead invents emotional games (soap opera and grand opera dramatics).
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