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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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