Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThe 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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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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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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By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself.
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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 most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.
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life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything
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Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.
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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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Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry
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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 deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
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The more you know, the more you see
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Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
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Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction
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Liberty, 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.
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