Aldous Huxley ( 8 of 88 )
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
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.
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.
Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.
Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk read more
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.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
