A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.vvvvvvvvvv

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Optimism Quotes

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...

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...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

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;...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

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

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...

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

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.

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve...

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve...

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...

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...

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing...

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing...

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of...

The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of...

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

The world is full of people that have stopped listening to themselves or have listened...

The world is full of people that have stopped listening to themselves or have listened...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...