That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
ALDOUS HUXLEYMost human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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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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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.
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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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life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything
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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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The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
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To be a fool at the right time is also an art.
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Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.
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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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Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
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The third petition of the Lord’s Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone’s will be done but their own.
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Every ceiling reached becomes a floor.
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An intellectual is a person who’s found one thing that’s more interesting than sex.
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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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Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
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