What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their...

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their...

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's...

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's...

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings...

The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings...

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...

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

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

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most...

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most...

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat...

No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

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...

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously...

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously...

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with...

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with...

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of...

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of...