Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.
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More Quotes from Aldous Huxley
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.
Understanding a question is half an answer.
