From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn. Aldous Huxley experiencehistorylearn Change image and share on social
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. Aldous Huxley backwardsefficientmean Change image and share on social
Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. Aldous Huxley divideknowledgethink Change image and share on social
Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. Aldous Huxley ignorancevincible Change image and share on social
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. Aldous Huxley convertdailydull Change image and share on social
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. Aldous Huxley cutdesiregod share on social
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. Aldous Huxley beastlycontactquarter Change image and share on social
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. Aldous Huxley drapegentlemanidealism Change image and share on social
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. Aldous Huxley charmdisillusionfather Change image and share on social
The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name. Aldous Huxley authorhomeriliad Change image and share on social
