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…

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets...

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets...

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the...

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the...

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane...

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane...

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it...

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

People are much too solemn about things - I'm all for sticking pins into Episcopal...

People are much too solemn about things - I'm all for sticking pins into Episcopal...

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,...

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one,...

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one,...

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,...

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.

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,...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

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

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

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible...

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible...

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and...

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and...