Aldous Huxley Quotes — Page 30

Novelist, Essayist

Philosophical

“Cant is always rather nauseating; but before we condemn political hypocrisy, let us remember that it is the tribute paid by men of leather to men of God, and that the acting of the part of someone better than oneself may actually commit one to a course of behavior perceptibly less evil than what would be normal and natural in an avowed cynic.”

Men Evil Hypocrisy

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Aldous Huxley

Novelist, Essayist

Wise

“Intellectuals ... regard over-simplification as the original sin of the mind and have no use for the slogans, the unqualified assertions and sweeping generalizations.”

Mind Use Unqualified

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Grateful

“When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.”

Sun Equality

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Philosophical

“The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.”

Men Talent

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Inspired

“You've got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can't think of the really good, penetrating, X-rayish phrases.”

Thinking Hurt Upset

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Angry

“Happiness has got to be paid for. You're paying for it, Mr. Watson–paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. I was too much interested in truth; I paid too.”

Too Much Brave New World Happiness Brave New World Freedom

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Hopeful

“The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in moments of crisis; it depends on the efforts made and constantly repeated during the humdrum, uninspiring periods, which separate one crisis from another, and of which normal lives mainly consist.”

Effort Sacrifice Reform

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Adventurous

“For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort.”

Sacrifice Travel Vices

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Rebellious

“Liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.”

Country War Agency

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Philosophical

“All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook.”

Book Special Cooking

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Motivated

“Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.”

Believe Inspirational Business

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Philosophical

“All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or small group have too much power for too long a time”

Long Important Democracy

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