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Great Quotes by Aldous Huxley
- Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.
- For the first time in the history of the world, Buddhism proclaimed a salvation which each individual could gain from him or herself, in this…
- The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
- To be well informed, one must read quickly a great number of merely instructive books. To be cultivated, one must read slowly and with a…
- The greatest triumphs of propoganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a…
- Seated upon the convex mound Of one vast kidney, Jonah prays And sings his canticles and hymns, Making the hollow vault resound God's goodness and…
- The poet is born with the capacity of arranging words in such a way that something of the quality of the graces and inspirations he…
- To associate with other like-minded people in small, purposeful groups is for the great majority of men and women a source of profound psychological satisfaction.…
- One of the great attractions of patriotism
- One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully…
- What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.
- Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have…
- Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.
- Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making…
- For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism,…
More Great Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in… — Fred Armisen
- My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
- All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in… — Neil Armstrong