Children are nowhere taught, in any systematic way, to distinguish true from false, or meaningful from meaningless, statements. Why is this so? Because their elders, even in the democratic countries, do not want them to be given this kind of education.
ALDOUS HUXLEYRound pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.
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My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
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Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.
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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
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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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Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.
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If you don’t gamble, you’ll never win.
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A mind that has come to the stillness of wisdom shall know being, shall know what it is to love. Love is neither personal nor impersonal. Love is love, not to be defined or described by the mind as exclusive or inclusive. Love is its own eternity; it is the real, the supreme, the immeasurable.
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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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Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.
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The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.
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Every man’s memory is his private literature.
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All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.
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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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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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