Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThe people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they’re the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
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Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
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The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
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Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.
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All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
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You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
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My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
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Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
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Liberty? Why it doesn’t exist. There is no liberty in this world, just gilded cages.
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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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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.
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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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Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making a reasonable choice in the light of available evidence. Democratic institutions can be made to work only if all concerned do their best to impart knowledge and to encourage rationality.
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People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
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