Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction
ALDOUS HUXLEYIgnore death up to the last moment; then, when it can’t be ignored any longer, have yourself squirted full of morphia and shuffle off in a coma. Thoroughly sensible, humane and scientific, eh?
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
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The third petition of the Lord’s Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone’s will be done but their own.
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The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
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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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Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.
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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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Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.
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All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
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We shall be permitted to live on this planet only for as long as we treat all nature with compassion and intelligence.
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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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Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman.
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
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Assembled in a crowd, people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for moral choice.
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Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
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The trouble with fiction,” said John Rivers, “is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
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