To be well informed, one must read quickly a great number of merely instructive books. To be cultivated, one must read slowly and with a lingering appreciation the comparatively few books that have been written by men who lived, thought, and felt with style.
ALDOUS HUXLEYGood is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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The trouble with fiction,” said John Rivers, “is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
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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 more you know, the more you see
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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 secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
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Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.
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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
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Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry
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He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.
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Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid.
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A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
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The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
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Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction
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If you don’t gamble, you’ll never win.
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There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown.
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