“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Proverbs are always platitudes until you have
“Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Category: truth
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It was one of those evenings when
“It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.”
— Aldous Huxley
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All gods are homemade, and it is
“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Man is an intelligence in servitude to
“Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.”
— Aldous Huxley
Author: Aldous Huxley
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It was one of those evenings when
“It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.”
— Aldous Huxley
Author: Aldous Huxley
Category: men
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Great is truth, but still greater, from
“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects… totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Children are remarkable for their intelligence and
“Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God
“Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.”
— Aldous Huxley
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De Sade is the one completely consistent
“De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded,
“Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.”
— Aldous Huxley
Author: Aldous Huxley
Category: science
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