The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
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.
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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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Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.
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Every ceiling reached becomes a floor.
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Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.
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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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But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
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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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All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
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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 older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread, enough circuses, enough miracles, and mysteries. Under a scientific dictatorship, education will really work’ with the result that most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.
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Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.
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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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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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