Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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

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

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

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

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

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

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....

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...

The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

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...

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time...

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time...

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and...

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and...

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 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...

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane...

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane...

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.

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...

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....