The best that can be said for ritualistic legalism is that it improves conduct. It does little, however, to alter character and nothing of itself to modify consciousness.
Aldous Huxley
Related Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON It just is nothing foreign to consciousness at all that could present itself to consciousness throug... EDMUND HUSSERL This is an executive of the government out of control. Where does this stop? The government is reach... BILL GINSBURG What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Ye shall know the truth,and the truth shall make you mad. Aldous Huxley ALDOUS HUXLEY Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT To be in a time of technological change and advancement is an awesome thought indeed as long as it i... GARY F EVANS... Un mundo feliz, de Aldous Huxley, y 1984, de George Orwell. Esa ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it ... GERALD R. FORD A computer program can modify itself but it cannot violate its own instructions — it can at best c... DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER The stupid person's idea of the clever person. [on Aldous Huxley, in Spectator magazine, 1936... ELIZABETH BOWEN My perfect day would be to go on a picnic up Mt. Wilson with Christopher Isherwood, Greta Garbo, Ald... JANET FITCH Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take pre... AYN RAND Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself. SOREN KIERKEGAARD It would have been amazing to have been a student at Oxford during that golden moment in the 1910s, ... KEVIN KWAN There is nothing that can be said by mathematical symbols and relations which cannot also be said by... CLIFFORD TRUESDELL If therefore you shall be remembered for what you did with what you had more than what you had, use ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be... SANDRA K. COOK Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It
merely intensifies it. We can have ... OSCAR WILDE (OSCAR FINGAL O'FLAHERTIE WILDE) The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY What Huxley teaches...
NEIL POSTMAN That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM Consciousness precedes phenomenon, and therefore consciousness can alter phenomenon. SHAI TUBALI It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, ... FREDERICK SCOTT OLIVER You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can b... MARIA MITCHELL Yesterday, I was feeling fine... I was into the mood of eating... drinking... but today... I am not ... DEYTH BANGER The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY Do not be afraid of failure, it is part of the learning process SOTONYE ANGA Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth a... AYN RAND What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge tha... ANAïS NIN It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they c... SAMUEL BUTLER It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because the... SAMUEL BUTLER It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Money, it is often said, does not bring happiness; it must be added, however, that it makes it possi... ROBERTSON DAVIES For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yiel... MUHAMMAD IQBAL How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its... QUENTIN CRISP Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its... QUENTIN CRISP You can say, like, planet Earth has an existing geology, and what we do as human beings and as archi... BJARKE INGELS This Law -- whether Conscious or Unconscious --predestines nothing and no one. It exists from and in... HELEN P. BLAVATSKY Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is... CARL GUSTAV JUNG A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ... RICK RIORDAN When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci... DEYTH BANGER We are consciousness examining and expressing itself so that it can become increasingly aware of its... JAY WOODMAN Faith itself is a horrible mechanism that stunts the growth of ideas. It also stunts the act of ques... JOE ROGAN The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a go... GEORGE WASHINGTON Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that... OG MANDINO The nihilist makes one mistake: he does not realise that other people are also nihilists, and that t... RAOUL VANEIGEM The bird dares to break the shell, then the shell breaks open and the bird can fly openly. This is t... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Wher... MAHATMA GANDHI It's easy [for the doctor] to say something improves your survival or quality of life, but it might ... DR. ARASH NAEIM Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for. LIV ULLMANN I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... I'm not an Emontional, but how??? I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has... DEYTH BANGER If the child has not an object that it can occupy itself with, it feels ennui; for it does not yet k... MAX STIRNER As a bookish child, I would come to see the one-child policy as one of the most fascinating and biza... MEI FONG And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking... ALDOUS HUXLEY But God doesn’t change.’ 'Men do, though.’ 'What difference does that make?’ ... ALDOUS HUXLEY My music is very innovative, in a class by itself. Nobody else is saying anything of value. What I... WENDY O. WILLIAMS You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice. BOB MARLEY Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT For those who have walked through the fires of hell and rather than fall to its flames, have emerged... SHERRILYN KENYON It must be *possible* for the *I think* to accompany all my representations: for otherwise something... IMMANUEL KANT The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 A conversion is incomplete if it ... WILLIAM BARCLAY It'a okay to take some break from the crucible steep of stairs that you want to try to achieve, as l... LAURE96 I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kid... KURT VONNEGUT The nature of consciousness is to point beyond itself. It is a tending toward or pointing to... Sinc... WILLIAM BARRETT I want to be honest, and even if that's scary, I know it's worth it. EMM GRYNER 19. Those who are the happiest are not necessarily those for whom life has been easiest. Emotional s... JAMES C. DOBSON A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that ... ANUJ SOMANY What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others. CARLOS FUENTES Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. EDMUND BURKE How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter si... OSCAR WILDE Everything known and referred to as “impossible” is often what has not been attempted before. It... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR [Aldous Huxley] compared the brain to a 'reducing valve'. In ordinary perception, the senses send an... TOM WOLFE I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS The solution which I am urging is to eradicate the fatal disconnection of subjects which kills the v... ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of... EDWARD HOPPER Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do noth... LEO GOMES When you are true to yourself, you will find yourself more easily able to pursue the things that mat... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
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