Tag: Aldous Huxley
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There is something curiously boring about somebody else’s happiness.
Aldous Huxley
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Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.
Aldous Huxley
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You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Aldous Huxley
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There’s only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.
Aldous Huxley
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It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.
Aldous Huxley
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It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than ‘try to be a little kinder.’
Aldous Huxley
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
Aldous Huxley
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It’s with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
Aldous Huxley
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Perhaps it’s good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he’s happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?
Aldous Huxley
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Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
Aldous Huxley