Aldous Huxley ( 8 of 88 )
Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.
Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.
Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as read more
Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk read more
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.
