If I only knew who in fact I am, I should cease to behave as what I think I am; and if I stopped behaving as what I think I am, I should know who I am.
Aldous Huxley
Identity, Behavior, Self-knowledge, Paradox, Philosophical Insight, Psychological Observation
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“The gods are just. No doubt. But their code of law is dictated, in the last resort, by the people who organize society; Providence takes its cue from men.” Aldous Huxley
Justice, Divinity, Society, Human Influence, Moral Code, Spiritual Interpretation
Aldous Huxley Justice, Divinity, Society, Human Influence, Moral Code, Spiritual Interpretation“Which is better: to have fun with fungi or to have Idiocy with ideology, to have wars because of words, to have tomorrow's misdeeds out of yesterday's miscreeds?” Aldous Huxley
Ideology, Fun, War, Words, Consequences, Philosophical Inquiry
Aldous Huxley Ideology, Fun, War, Words, Consequences, Philosophical Inquiry“A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.” Aldous Huxley
Art, Skill, Perception, Implication, Artistic Insight, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley Art, Skill, Perception, Implication, Artistic Insight, Philosophical Observation“The silent bear no witness against themselves.” Aldous Huxley
Silence, Witness, Self-incrimination, Speech, Discretion, Legal Wisdom
Aldous Huxley Silence, Witness, Self-incrimination, Speech, Discretion, Legal Wisdom“Real progress is progress in charity, all other advances being secondary thereto.” Aldous Huxley
Progress, Charity, Priorities, Human Development, Social Improvement, Moral Philosophy
Aldous Huxley Progress, Charity, Priorities, Human Development, Social Improvement, Moral Philosophy“Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.” Aldous Huxley
Orthodoxy, Thought, Learning, Rigidity, Philosophical Critique, Intellectual Observation
Aldous Huxley Orthodoxy, Thought, Learning, Rigidity, Philosophical Critique, Intellectual Observation“Dinted dimpled wimpled-his mind wandered down echoing corridors of assonance and alliteration ever further and further from the point. He was enamoured with the beauty of words.” Aldous Huxley
Language, Beauty, Distraction, Creativity, Literary Appreciation, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley Language, Beauty, Distraction, Creativity, Literary Appreciation, Philosophical Observation“The instinct of acquisitiveness has more perverts, I believe, than the instinct of sex. At any rate, people seem to me odder about money than about even their amours.” Aldous Huxley
Acquisitiveness, Sex, Money, Human Nature, Societal Critique, Psychological Insight
Aldous Huxley Acquisitiveness, Sex, Money, Human Nature, Societal Critique, Psychological Insight“Look with complete innocence at the infinitely improbable thing before you.” Aldous Huxley
Perception, Innocence, Wonder, Improbability, Mindfulness, Philosophical Advice
Aldous Huxley Perception, Innocence, Wonder, Improbability, Mindfulness, Philosophical Advice“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.” Aldous Huxley
Technology, Progress, Regression, Efficiency, Societal Critique, Human Nature
Aldous Huxley Technology, Progress, Regression, Efficiency, Societal Critique, Human Nature“It's a very salutary thing to realize that the rather dull universe in which most of us spend most of our time is not the only universe there is. I think it's healthy that people should have this experience.” Aldous Huxley
Reality, Perception, Experience, Consciousness Expansion, Human Potential, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Reality, Perception, Experience, Consciousness Expansion, Human Potential, Philosophical Insight“A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.” Aldous Huxley
Hell, Ambition, Death, Human Behavior, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation
Aldous Huxley Hell, Ambition, Death, Human Behavior, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation“Grief doesn't kill, love doesn't kill; but time kills everything, kills desire, kills sorrow, kills in the end the mind that feels them; wrinkels and softens the body while it still lives, tots it like a medlar, kills it too at last.” Aldous Huxley
Time, Mortality, Emotions, Human Condition, Aging, Philosophical Reflection
Aldous Huxley Time, Mortality, Emotions, Human Condition, Aging, Philosophical Reflection“A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.” Aldous Huxley
Fanaticism, Doubt, Compensation, Belief, Psychology, Human Behavior
Aldous Huxley Fanaticism, Doubt, Compensation, Belief, Psychology, Human Behavior“A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.” Aldous Huxley
Democracy, War, Tyranny, Politics, Societal Critique, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley Democracy, War, Tyranny, Politics, Societal Critique, Philosophical Observation“The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything.” Aldous Huxley
Essay, Literature, Versatility, Expression, Philosophical Definition, Artistic Insight
Aldous Huxley Essay, Literature, Versatility, Expression, Philosophical Definition, Artistic Insight“We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves.” Aldous Huxley
Isolation, Interaction, Human Condition, Individuality, Social Existence, Existential Truth
Aldous Huxley Isolation, Interaction, Human Condition, Individuality, Social Existence, Existential Truth“Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.” Aldous Huxley
Thought, Knowledge, Self-awareness, Introspection, Mental Division, Philosophical Reflection
Aldous Huxley Thought, Knowledge, Self-awareness, Introspection, Mental Division, Philosophical Reflection