Quote by Aldous Huxley
The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the plea

The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge. – Aldous Huxley

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Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom. – Aldous Huxley

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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. – Aldous Huxley

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power
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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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You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do. – Norman Juster

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Genuine ignorance is… profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas. – John Dewey

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Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. – Frank Zappa

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Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. – Alfred North Whitehead

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