Aldous Huxley ( 10 of 88 )
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical read more
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to read more
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to the level of the demons.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we read more
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.
We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.
In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low.
In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
