Modern mans besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions. – Aldous Huxley
Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. – Aldous Huxley
Hell isnt merely paved with good intentions its walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too. – Aldous Huxley
Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt. – Aldous Huxley
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families. – Bob Schieffer