The optimum population is modeled on the iceberg- eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above.
Aldous Huxley
Population, Society, Hierarchy, Structure, Social Model, Hidden Majority
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“Wild inside; raging, writhing – yes, "writhing" was the word, writhing with desire. But outwardly he was hopelessly tame; outwardly – baa, baa, baa.” Aldous Huxley
Desire, Restraint, Wildness, Conformity, Inner Conflict, Social Expectations
Aldous Huxley Desire, Restraint, Wildness, Conformity, Inner Conflict, Social Expectations“Brave new world.” Aldous Huxley
Dystopia, Future, Society, Literature, Technological Progress, Human Condition
Aldous Huxley Dystopia, Future, Society, Literature, Technological Progress, Human Condition“O brave new world that has such people in it.” Aldous Huxley
New World, Irony, Societal Critique, Literary Reference, Dystopian Concept, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley New World, Irony, Societal Critique, Literary Reference, Dystopian Concept, Philosophical Observation“By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in solitude. Sensations, feelings, insights, fancies – all these are private and, except through symbols and at second hand, incommunicable. We can pool information about experiences, but never the experiences themselves. From family to nation, every human group is a society of island universes.” Aldous Huxley
Solitude, Experience, Communication, Individuality, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Solitude, Experience, Communication, Individuality, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight“Don't try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We're all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat – and the boat is perpetually sinking.” Aldous Huxley
Sanity, Sin, Humanity, Acceptance, Cosmic Boat, Shared Fate
Aldous Huxley Sanity, Sin, Humanity, Acceptance, Cosmic Boat, Shared Fate“The more you know, the more you see.” Aldous Huxley
Knowledge, Perception, Awareness, Wisdom, Personal Growth, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Knowledge, Perception, Awareness, Wisdom, Personal Growth, Philosophical Insight“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons-that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to believe in God.” Aldous Huxley
Belief, Conditioning, Philosophy, Religion, Critical Thinking, Societal Critique
Aldous Huxley Belief, Conditioning, Philosophy, Religion, Critical Thinking, Societal Critique“The light was frozen, dead, a ghost. Only from the yellow barrels of the microscopes did it borrow a certain rich and living substance, lying along the polished tubes like butter, streak after luscious streak in long recession down the work tables.” Aldous Huxley
Light, Science, Perception, Description, Metaphorical Insight, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley Light, Science, Perception, Description, Metaphorical Insight, Philosophical Observation“If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were.” Aldous Huxley
Wisdom, Learning, Sages, Saints, Self-improvement, Philosophical Guidance
Aldous Huxley Wisdom, Learning, Sages, Saints, Self-improvement, Philosophical Guidance“Industrial man – a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should be the golden age of revolution and mental derangement.” Aldous Huxley
Industrialization, Humanity, Revolution, Madness, Mechanization, Social Commentary
Aldous Huxley Industrialization, Humanity, Revolution, Madness, Mechanization, Social Commentary“One thinks one's something unique and wonderful at the center of the universe, when in fact one's just a slight interruption in the ongoing march of entropy.” Aldous Huxley
Ego, Uniqueness, Entropy, Human Significance, Cosmic Perspective, Philosophical Humbling
Aldous Huxley Ego, Uniqueness, Entropy, Human Significance, Cosmic Perspective, Philosophical Humbling“The optimum population is modeled on the iceberg- eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above.” Aldous Huxley
Population, Society, Hierarchy, Structure, Social Model, Hidden Majority
Aldous Huxley Population, Society, Hierarchy, Structure, Social Model, Hidden Majority“Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons – that's philosophy.” Aldous Huxley
Philosophy, Reasoning, Belief, Critique, Intellectual Process, Humorous Observation
Aldous Huxley Philosophy, Reasoning, Belief, Critique, Intellectual Process, Humorous Observation“When truth is nothing but truth, it's unnatural, it's an abstraction that resembles nothing in the real world.” Aldous Huxley
Truth, Reality, Abstraction, Philosophy, Human Perception, Nature Of Existence
Aldous Huxley Truth, Reality, Abstraction, Philosophy, Human Perception, Nature Of Existence“It's an absurdity. An Alpha-decanted, Alpha-conditioned man would go mad if he had to do Epsilon Semi-moron work – go mad, or start smashing things up.” Aldous Huxley
Social Hierarchy, Conditioning, Work, Madness, Dystopian Concept, Philosophical Critique
Aldous Huxley Social Hierarchy, Conditioning, Work, Madness, Dystopian Concept, Philosophical Critique“Every man's memory is his private literature.” Aldous Huxley
Memory, Individuality, Literature, Personal Experience, Philosophical Metaphor, Psychological Insight
Aldous Huxley Memory, Individuality, Literature, Personal Experience, Philosophical Metaphor, Psychological Insight“The self is coming from a state of pure awareness from the state of being. All the rest that comes about in a outward manifesation of the physical world, including fluctuations which end up as thoughts and actions.” Aldous Huxley
Self, Awareness, Being, Reality, Consciousness, Philosophical Perspective
Aldous Huxley Self, Awareness, Being, Reality, Consciousness, Philosophical Perspective“I don't care where I'm from, nor where I'm going. From hell to hell.” Aldous Huxley
Nihilism, Journey, Indifference, Existentialism, Despair, Philosophical Statement
Aldous Huxley Nihilism, Journey, Indifference, Existentialism, Despair, Philosophical Statement“The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they're the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.” Aldous Huxley
Morality, Hypocrisy, Human Nature, Idealism, Societal Evil, Psychological Insight
Aldous Huxley Morality, Hypocrisy, Human Nature, Idealism, Societal Evil, Psychological Insight