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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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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

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.

The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind....

The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind....

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

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

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

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,...

There is no bad day that cant be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet....

There is no bad day that cant be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet....

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.