Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThe 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.
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All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.
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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.
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Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.
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Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
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Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry
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A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
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The older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread, enough circuses, enough miracles, and mysteries. Under a scientific dictatorship, education will really work’ with the result that most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.
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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.
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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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To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
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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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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
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The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own.
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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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