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
ALDOUS HUXLEYThe more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
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Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth.
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So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.
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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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The more you know, the more you see
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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.
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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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life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything
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To be a fool at the right time is also an art.
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If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.
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If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.
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Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
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A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude.
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The world is an illusion, but an illusion which we must take seriously.
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When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
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