The victim of mind-manipulati on does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free.
Aldous Huxley
Mind Control, Manipulation, Freedom, Perception, Societal Critique, Psychological Insight
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“People travel for the same reason as they collect works of art: because the best people do it.” Aldous Huxley
Travel, Art, Status, Motivation, Culture, Social Conformity
Aldous Huxley Travel, Art, Status, Motivation, Culture, Social Conformity“This really revolutionary revolution is to be achieved, not in the external world, but in the souls and flesh of human beings.” Aldous Huxley
Revolution, Transformation, Humanity, Inner Change, Societal Evolution, Personal Growth
Aldous Huxley Revolution, Transformation, Humanity, Inner Change, Societal Evolution, Personal Growth“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
Aldous Huxley Identity, Behavior, Self-knowledge, Paradox, Philosophical Insight, Psychological Observation“Knowledge is an affair of symbols and is, all too often, a hindrance to wisdom, the uncovering of the self from moment to moment.” Aldous Huxley
Knowledge, Wisdom, Symbols, Self-discovery, Personal Growth, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Knowledge, Wisdom, Symbols, Self-discovery, Personal Growth, Philosophical Insight“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“Visionary experience is not the same as mystical experience. Mystical experience is beyond the realm of contradictions. Visionary experience is still within that realm. Heaven entails hell, and 'going to heaven' is no more liberating than is the descent into horror.” Aldous Huxley
Vision, Mysticism, Experience, Contradiction, Spiritual Insight, Philosophical Distinction
Aldous Huxley Vision, Mysticism, Experience, Contradiction, Spiritual Insight, Philosophical Distinction“We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.” Aldous Huxley
Reason, Irrationality, Human Nature, Philosophy, Paradox, Psychological Insight
Aldous Huxley Reason, Irrationality, Human Nature, Philosophy, Paradox, Psychological Insight“I write everything many times over. All my thoughts are second thoughts.” Aldous Huxley
Writing, Revision, Thought Process, Creativity, Self-reflection, Artistic Method
Aldous Huxley Writing, Revision, Thought Process, Creativity, Self-reflection, Artistic Method“Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.” Aldous Huxley
Science, Knowledge, Mystery, Wonder, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Observation
Aldous Huxley Science, Knowledge, Mystery, Wonder, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Observation“One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.” Aldous Huxley
Patriotism, Nationalism, Morality, Human Nature, Societal Behavior, Psychological Manipulation
Aldous Huxley Patriotism, Nationalism, Morality, Human Nature, Societal Behavior, Psychological Manipulation“Two hours. One hundred and twenty minutes. Anything might be done in that time. Anything. Nothing. Oh, he had had hundreds of hours, and what had he done with them? Wasted them, spilt the precious minutes as though his reservoir were inexhaustible.” Aldous Huxley
Time, Potential, Waste, Regret, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Anxiety
Aldous Huxley Time, Potential, Waste, Regret, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Anxiety“When life appears to be working against you, when your luck is down, when the supposedly wrong people show up, or when you slip up and return to old, self-defeating habits, recognize the signs that you're out of harmony with intention.” Aldous Huxley
Life Challenges, Intention, Harmony, Self-awareness, Personal Growth, Philosophical Advice
Aldous Huxley Life Challenges, Intention, Harmony, Self-awareness, Personal Growth, Philosophical Advice“A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.” Aldous Huxley
Childlikeness, Development, Adulthood, Personal Growth, Convention, Lifelong Learning
Aldous Huxley Childlikeness, Development, Adulthood, Personal Growth, Convention, Lifelong Learning“Porque son los detalles, como todo el mundo lo sabe, los que conducen a la virtud y a la felicidad, en tanto que las generalidades son intelectualmente consideradas como males necesarios.” Aldous Huxley
Details, Virtue, Happiness, Generalities, Intellectual Perspective, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley Details, Virtue, Happiness, Generalities, Intellectual Perspective, Philosophical Observation“Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent.” Aldous Huxley
Folly, Malice, Consequences, Human Nature, Moral Philosophy, Societal Observation
Aldous Huxley Folly, Malice, Consequences, Human Nature, Moral Philosophy, Societal Observation“People will insist on treating the mons Veneris as though it were Mount Everest. Too silly!” Aldous Huxley
Sexuality, Exaggeration, Human Nature, Humor, Philosophical Critique, Social Observation
Aldous Huxley Sexuality, Exaggeration, Human Nature, Humor, Philosophical Critique, Social Observation“Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence – those are the three pillars of Western prosperity.” Aldous Huxley
Western Society, Prosperity, Critique, Economics, Materialism, Societal Observation
Aldous Huxley Western Society, Prosperity, Critique, Economics, Materialism, Societal Observation“A society, most of whose members spend a great part of their time, not on the spot, not here and now and in the calculable future, but somewhere else, in the irrelevant other worlds of sport and soap opera, of mythology and metaphysical fantasy, will find it hard to resist the encroachments of those who would manipulate and control it.” Aldous Huxley
Society, Distraction, Manipulation, Control, Escapism, Social Vulnerability
Aldous Huxley Society, Distraction, Manipulation, Control, Escapism, Social Vulnerability