A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That...

The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That...

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

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...

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively...

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively...

A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy

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...

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something...

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something...