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Devil worship Quote by Aldous Huxley

“And always, everywhere, there would be the yelling or quietly authoritative hypnotists; and in the train of the ruling suggestion givers, always everywhere, the tribes of buffoons and hucksters, the professional liars, the purveyors of entertaining irrelevances. Conditioned from the cradle…” quote by Aldous Huxley
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““And always, everywhere, there would be the yelling or quietly authoritative hypnotists; and in the train of the ruling suggestion givers, always everywhere, the tribes of buffoons and hucksters, the professional liars, the purveyors of entertaining irrelevances. Conditioned from the cradle, unceasingly distracted, mesmerized systematically, their uniformed victims would go on obediently marching and countermarching, go on, always and everywhere, killing and dying with the perfect docility of trained poodles. And yet in spite of the entirely justified refusal to take yes for an answer, the fact remained and would remain always, remain everywhere — the fact that there was this capacity even in a paranoiac for intelligence, even in a devil worshipper for love; the fact that the ground of all being could be totally manifest in a flowering shrub, a human face; the fact that there was a light and that this light was also compassion””

Aldous Huxley

About This Quote

Source Book: Brave New World, 1932

The passage depicts a society conditioned to obey, yet still capable of love and compassion despite pervasive manipulation.

In simple terms: Even controlled minds can feel love and compassion.

Key Takeaway

Cultivate empathy amidst conformity.

Themes

control conformity humanity

Mood

critical hopeful

Type

literary philosophical

When to use this quote

  • education
  • media consumption
  • political discourse
  • personal relationships

Key Concepts

social conditioning psychological manipulation

Questions to Reflect On

  • How can individuals retain compassion in oppressive systems?
  • What signs indicate you are being subtly controlled?
A Different Perspective

It may romanticize resistance, ignoring the difficulty of breaking deep conditioning.

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