Travel Quote by Aldous Huxley – About Prejudices and Discoveries
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”
Aldous Huxley
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Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche on Death and Life
“Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Indoctrination and Objectivity – Noam Chomsky
“The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.”
Noam Chomsky
Human Uniqueness and Cultural Standardization – Aldous Huxley
“In the course of evolution nature has gone to endless trouble to see that every individual is unlike every other individual….Physically and mentally, each one of us is unique. Any culture which, in the interests of efficiency or in the name of some political or religious dogma, seeks to standardize the human individual, commits an outrage against man’s biological nature.”
Aldous Huxley
Friedrich Nietzsche Quote on Conviction and Deception
“What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Proverbs Are Always Platitudes” – Aldous Huxley
“Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.”
Aldous Huxley
Education and Ignorance – Noam Chomsky Quote
“Education is a system of imposed ignorance.”
Noam Chomsky
We Are All Geniuses Up to the Age of Ten – Aldous Huxley Quote
“We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.”
Aldous Huxley
“The Means Always Determine the End” – Aldous Huxley
“But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.”
Aldous Huxley
What Makes a Man – Quote by Albert Camus
“A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.”
Albert Camus