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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Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid...

Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

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...

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 with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time...

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time...

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

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...

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong....

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong....

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy?...

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy?...

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,...

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

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...

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...