Never give children a chance of imagining that anything exists in isolation. Make it plain from the very beginning that all living is relationship. Show them relationships in the woods, in the fields, in the ponds and streams, in the village and in the country around it. Rub it in.
ALDOUS HUXLEYBut the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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The more you know, the more you see
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The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
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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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People intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are.
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The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
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The question of the next generation will not be one of how to liberate the masses, but rather, how to make them love their servitude.
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Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.
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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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The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.
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By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself.
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Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty – his excessive freedom.
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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
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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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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
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Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly — they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.
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