Which is better – to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?
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 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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Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman.
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The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
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Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
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All war propaganda consists, in the last resort, in substituting diabolical abstractions for human beings. Similarly, those who defend war have invented a pleasant sounding vocabulary of abstractions in which to describe the process of mass murder.
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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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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
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In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.
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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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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
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Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.
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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
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Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects… totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.
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Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry
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At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?
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