That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley
There is something curiously boring about somebody elses happiness. – Aldous Huxley

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley
There is something curiously boring about somebody elses happiness. – Aldous Huxley
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead. – Aldous Huxley
It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all ones life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than try to be a little kinder. – Aldous Huxley
A boy who hears a lesson in history ended by the beauty of peace, and how Napoleon brought ruin upon the world and that he should be forever cursed, will not long have much confidence in his teacher. He wants to hear more about the fighting and less about the peace negotiations. – William Lee Howard, Peace, Dolls and Pugnacity
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right. – Henry Bessemer (discovered new method of producing steel)