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.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThat men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
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There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown.
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The more you know, the more you see
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If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
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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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Every ceiling reached becomes a floor.
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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
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Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.
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In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.
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Which is better – to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?
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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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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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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 trouble with fiction,” said John Rivers, “is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
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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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