If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowled…

Aldous Huxley
447 citations
If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
Sadness
21

More Author Quotes

Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the rarest thing to find a player who has not had his character affected … ▶
Successfully (whatever that may mean) or unsuccessfully, we all overact the part of our favorite character in fiction. ✨ Aldous Huxley (2009). The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, p.22, Harpe … ▶
A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, S … ▶
The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1933). Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books
We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. [...] By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in solitu … ▶

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes