Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise...

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise...

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel...

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel...

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Every person who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves,...

Every person who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves,...

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and...

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and...

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in...

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in...

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the...

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses....

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses....

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory,...

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory,...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

How orderly philosophical is the landscape, are all the inhabitants of this World! It is...

How orderly philosophical is the landscape, are all the inhabitants of this World! It is...

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as...

If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as...

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary,...

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary,...