But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThe third petition of the Lord’s Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone’s will be done but their own.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
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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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A majority of young people seem to develop mental arteriosclerosis forty years before they get the physical kind.
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Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.
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The more you know, the more you see
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Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.
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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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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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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.
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The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
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Every ceiling reached becomes a floor.
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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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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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To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
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Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
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