Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare, it is simply disgraceful.
ALDOUS HUXLEYAll war propaganda consists, in the last resort, in substituting diabolical abstractions for human beings. Similarly, those who defend war have invented a pleasant sounding vocabulary of abstractions in which to describe the process of mass murder.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
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Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
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If you don’t gamble, you’ll never win.
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Liberties are not given, they are taken.
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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.
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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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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
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Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.
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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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Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.
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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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By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself.
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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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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
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There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown.
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