Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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

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

Knowing who in fact we are results in Good Being, and Good Being results in...

Knowing who in fact we are results in Good Being, and Good Being results in...

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.

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.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to...

Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to...

At ten, a child; at twenty, wild; at thirty, tame, if ever; at forty, wise;...

At ten, a child; at twenty, wild; at thirty, tame, if ever; at forty, wise;...

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...

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

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

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

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

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...

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,...

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

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...

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.

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...

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion...

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion...

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...