Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThe 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.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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Liberties are not given, they are taken.
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Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry
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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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Every man’s memory is his private literature.
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When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
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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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The more you know, the more you see
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Don’t try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We’re all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat – and the boat is perpetually sinking.
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The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
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If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.
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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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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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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.
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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
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