#owl

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#behaving #beings #belief #death #doomed

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#god #knowledge #make #only #redemptive

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#any #before #come #divided #itself

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#advance #authority #every #great #involved

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#dangerous #knowledge #little #man #much

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#acknowledge #authority #blind #blind faith #duties

The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#factory #forward #knowledge #looked #looks

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#business #know #know yourself #knowledge #men

A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#cannot #commitment #crucial #crucial role #experience

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#future #healthy #knowledge #past #possible