Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you po…

William S. Burroughs
212 citations
Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2013). The Adding Machine, p.121, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Hope Thought
17

More Author Quotes

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. ✨ Queer: A Novel. Book by William S. Burroughs, 1985.
Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader, p.150, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
There is nothing one fears more or is more ashamed of than not being oneself. Yet few people realize even an approximation of their true potential. Most people must live with varying degrees of the s … ▶
Dream long enough and dream hard enough you will come to know dreaming can make it so.

Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2013). The Adding Machine, p.121, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes