The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
ALDOUS HUXLEYLiberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.
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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
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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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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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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
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life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything
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Liberty? Why it doesn’t exist. There is no liberty in this world, just gilded cages.
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A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
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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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As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends correspondingly to increase. And the dictator will do well to encourage that freedom…it will help to reconcile his subjects to the servitude which is their fate.
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The nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upon them, tend to acquire a taste for more.
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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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So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.
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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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A majority of young people seem to develop mental arteriosclerosis forty years before they get the physical kind.
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