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Aldous Huxley Quotes

If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time Picture Quote #1

The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface Picture Quote #1

To those who think that liberty is a good thing, and that it may someday be possible for people to live in a society fit for free, fully human individuals, a thorough education in the nature of language, its uses and abuses, seems indispensable Picture Quote #1

Every gain made by individuals or societies is almost instantly taken for granted. The luminous ceiling toward which we raise our longing eyes becomes, when we have climbed to the next floor, a stretch of disregarded linoleum beneath our feet Picture Quote #1

To travel is to discover that everybody is wrong. The philosophies, the civilizations which seem, at a distance, so superior to those current at home, all prove on a close inspection to be in their own way just as hopelessly imperfect Picture Quote #1

If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles... They have to be caught. And only the people who’ve got them can pass on the contagion Picture Quote #1

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A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul Picture Quote #1

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain Picture Quote #1

Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning Picture Quote #1

I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery Picture Quote #1

If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves Picture Quote #1

Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay Picture Quote #1

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My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger Picture Quote #1

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held Picture Quote #1

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget Picture Quote #1

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent Picture Quote #1

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively to that most blessed and blessing of all natural graces, sleep Picture Quote #1

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right Picture Quote #1

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The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved Picture Quote #1

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen Picture Quote #1

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something Picture Quote #1

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves Picture Quote #1

Men make use of their illnesses at least as much as they are made use of by them Picture Quote #1

Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Facts are ventriloquist’s dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism Picture Quote #1

Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond Picture Quote #1

For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody Picture Quote #1

To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves Picture Quote #1

Assembled in a crowd, people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for moral choice Picture Quote #1

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If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time (Aldous Huxley Quotes) The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface (Aldous Huxley Quotes) To those who think that liberty is a good thing, and that it may someday be possible for people to live in a society fit for free, fully human individuals, a thorough education in the nature of language, its uses and abuses, seems indispensable (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Every gain made by individuals or societies is almost instantly taken for granted. The luminous ceiling toward which we raise our longing eyes becomes, when we have climbed to the next floor, a stretch of disregarded linoleum beneath our feet (Aldous Huxley Quotes) To travel is to discover that everybody is wrong. The philosophies, the civilizations which seem, at a distance, so superior to those current at home, all prove on a close inspection to be in their own way just as hopelessly imperfect (Aldous Huxley Quotes) If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles... They have to be caught. And only the people who’ve got them can pass on the contagion (Aldous Huxley Quotes) A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning (Aldous Huxley Quotes) I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery (Aldous Huxley Quotes) If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay (Aldous Huxley Quotes) My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget (Aldous Huxley Quotes) That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent (Aldous Huxley Quotes) That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively to that most blessed and blessing of all natural graces, sleep (Aldous Huxley Quotes) The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right (Aldous Huxley Quotes) The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved (Aldous Huxley Quotes) The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Men make use of their illnesses at least as much as they are made use of by them (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom (Aldous Huxley Quotes) 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 (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Facts are ventriloquist’s dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond (Aldous Huxley Quotes) For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody (Aldous Huxley Quotes) To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Assembled in a crowd, people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for moral choice (Aldous Huxley Quotes)

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