The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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

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

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

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...

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...

From age to age, nothing changes, and yet everything ..... is completely different.

From age to age, nothing changes, and yet everything ..... is completely different.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

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...

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,...

It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are...

It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are...

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

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

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

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

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...

In the city where the average age of Jews is 78, a Jewish boy has...

In the city where the average age of Jews is 78, a Jewish boy has...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am...

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am...

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.