More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.
To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth.
Open your mind and let the pictures out
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
in the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it’s for a reason.
How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.