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.
ALDOUS HUXLEYMedical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
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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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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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All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
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All that is needed is money and a candidate who can be coached to look sincere. Political principles and plans for specific action have come to lose most of their importance. The personality of the candidate, the way he is projected by the advertising experts, are the things that really matter.
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Ignore 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?
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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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Liberties are not given, they are taken.
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Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.
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There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown.
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Hug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me till I’m in a coma.
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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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People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
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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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