Maxioms by Aldous Huxley
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.
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we read more
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.
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. read more
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in read more
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
A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.
A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.
