Quote by Aldous Huxley
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view,

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 influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. – Aldous Huxley

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Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. – Aldous Huxley

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What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera. – Aldous Huxley

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Hell isnt merely paved with good intentions its walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too. – Aldous Huxley

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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. – Fran Lebowitz

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Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. – Jean Rostand

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He who has great power should use it lightly. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you dont have love in your life, no matter what else there is, its not enough. – Ann Landers

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Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life. – Wayne Dyer

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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was thats not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. – Norman Lear

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