Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Thought Quotes

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease...

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease...

If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as...

If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as...

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,...

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

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...

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 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...

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...

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate,...

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate,...

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

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.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

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

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

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

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.

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder

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

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

I will never give in to old age until I become old.

I will never give in to old age until I become old.

When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown old.

When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown old.