The nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upon them, tend to acquire a taste for more.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThere 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.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.
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Children are nowhere taught, in any systematic way, to distinguish true from false, or meaningful from meaningless, statements. Why is this so? Because their elders, even in the democratic countries, do not want them to be given this kind of education.
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Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
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When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
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The more you know, the more you see
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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.
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Experience teaches only the teachable.
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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
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To be a fool at the right time is also an art.
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You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
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The goal in life is to discover that you’ve always been where you were supposed to be.
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The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information.
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Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
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Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry
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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.
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