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. Aldous Huxley on patriotism
To his dog, every man is Napoleon hence the constant popularity of dogs. Aldous Huxley on pet
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley on politics
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. Aldous Huxley on power
All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours. Aldous Huxley on power
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. Aldous Huxley on power
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. Aldous Huxley on religion
Science has explained nothing the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. Aldous Huxley on science
Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science. Aldous Huxley on science
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. Aldous Huxley on strength
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. Aldous Huxley on technology
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. Aldous Huxley on time
What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure. Aldous Huxley on time
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. Aldous Huxley on travel
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. Aldous Huxley on travel
An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. Aldous Huxley on truth
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. Aldous Huxley on truth
It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous. Aldous Huxley on truth
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. Aldous Huxley on truth
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. Aldous Huxley on truth