The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
ALDOUS HUXLEYWhich is better – to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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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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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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People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
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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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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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life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything
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When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
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Hug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me till I’m in a coma.
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Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.
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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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The world is an illusion, but an illusion which we must take seriously.
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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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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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A mind that has come to the stillness of wisdom shall know being, shall know what it is to love. Love is neither personal nor impersonal. Love is love, not to be defined or described by the mind as exclusive or inclusive. Love is its own eternity; it is the real, the supreme, the immeasurable.
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Beware of being too rational. In the country of the insane, the integrated man doesn’t become king. He gets lynched.
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