At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?
ALDOUS HUXLEYThere is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
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Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.
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The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free.
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The world is an illusion, but an illusion which we must take seriously.
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For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols
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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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The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
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Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence – those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you’d collapse. And while you people are overconsuming the rest of the world sinks more and more deeply into chronic disaster.
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Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction
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I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
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One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.
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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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The trouble with fiction,” said John Rivers, “is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
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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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All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
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