People intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are.
ALDOUS HUXLEYWherever 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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Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
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The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
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Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
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Every man’s memory is his private literature.
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Which is better – to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?
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The world is an illusion, but an illusion which we must take seriously.
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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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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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In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare, it is simply disgraceful.
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No social stability without individual stability.
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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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If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.
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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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