Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
ALDOUS HUXLEYSons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
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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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life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything
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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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The greatest triumphs of propoganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.
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People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is – just be a little kinder.
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Experience teaches only the teachable.
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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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Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction
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Hug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me till I’m in a coma.
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Every ceiling reached becomes a floor.
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It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.
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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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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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Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
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Which is better – to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?
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