The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain. Colin Wilson acceptaverageconformist Change image and share on social
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it. Colin Wilson changegrasphand Change image and share on social
Whereas in the past optimism had been regarded as rather shallow - because 'oh well, it's just your temperament, you happen to be just a cheerful sort of person' - what I wanted to do was to establish that in fact it is the pessimists who are allowing all kinds of errors to creep into their work. Colin Wilson allowcheerfulcreep share on social