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A majority of young people seem to develop mental arteriosclerosis forty years before they get the physical kind.

Aldous Huxley

He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Accept Almost Boredom Come Philosophical Pleasure
Which is better – to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Better Born Insane Intelligent One Society Stupid
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.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Ccomplish Country Loudspeaker More People Person Propaganda Radio Recording Success Tape Television Vast Video
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Certain Corner Improve One Own Self Universe
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
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Great Human Justifier Least Malice Miseries Motivation Stupidity Third Two
Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Being Centralized Concentrate Democracy Economic Expect Flourish Hardly Political Power Progressively Society
There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Dictatorship Enthusiasm Good Loss Never One Reson Seem Thoroughly
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Change Found One Oneself Sure Thing Want World
The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Art Better Desire Do Dread Greater Intelligent Nothing Population Responsibility Told
The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Great Knowledge Pleasure Torrance Way
The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Ability Adequate Choice Democracy Depend Information Large Make Number People Realistic Survival
If you don’t gamble, you’ll never win.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Gamble never Win
But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Always Contrary Determine End Justify Mean Nature never Such Universe
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects… totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Greater Greta Partial Silence Still Truth View
Beware of being too rational. In the country of the insane, the integrated man doesn’t become king. He gets lynched.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Beare Being Country Get Insane Integrate Lynch Rational
Liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.
ALDOUS HUXLEY

Even Floursihm Country Foot Know Liberty Near Permanently War

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