The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they’re the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.
ALDOUS HUXLEYYou shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.
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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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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 question of the next generation will not be one of how to liberate the masses, but rather, how to make them love their servitude.
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All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
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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 goal in life is to discover that you’ve always been where you were supposed to be.
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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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The more you know, the more you see
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Don’t try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We’re all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat – and the boat is perpetually sinking.
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Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.
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Experience teaches only the teachable.
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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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Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.
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