My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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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...

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which...

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which...

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

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.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

The horror no less than the charm of real life consists precisely in the recurrent...

The horror no less than the charm of real life consists precisely in the recurrent...

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 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...

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel...

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel...

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one;...

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one;...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

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

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

Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid...

Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid...

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

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

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.