Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.
ALDOUS HUXLEYFor at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols
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People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is – just be a little kinder.
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The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.
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The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
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Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction
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Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.
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If you don’t gamble, you’ll never win.
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Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.
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At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?
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The greatest triumphs of propoganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.
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For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols
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Experience teaches only the teachable.
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Hitler’s vast propaganda successes were accomplished with little more than the radio and loudspeaker, and without TV and tape and video recording . . . Today the art of mind control is in the process of becoming a science.
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare, it is simply disgraceful.
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I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
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Liberty? Why it doesn’t exist. There is no liberty in this world, just gilded cages.
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