Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.
ALDOUS HUXLEYHitler’s vast propaganda successes were accomplished with little more than the radio and loudspeaker, and without TV and tape and video recording . . . Today the art of mind control is in the process of becoming a science.
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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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He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.
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If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.
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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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But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
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Every ceiling reached becomes a floor.
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The world is an illusion, but an illusion which we must take seriously.
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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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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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One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.
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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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People intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are.
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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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Don’t try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We’re all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat – and the boat is perpetually sinking.
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Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly — they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.
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