Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

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

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

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.

Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his...

Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his...

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to...

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to...

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.

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.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

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...

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...

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.

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul...

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul...

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's...

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's...

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,...

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the...

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the...