Experience teaches only the teachable.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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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.

Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with...

Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with...

People travel for the same reason they collect works of art: because the best people...

People travel for the same reason they collect works of art: because the best people...

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams,...

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams,...

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying...

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying...

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to...

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to...

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

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

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.

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...

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most...

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most...

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very...

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very...

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them...

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them...

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

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the...

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the...

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

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 world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as...

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as...

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for...

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for...