Quotes Tagged With :aldous

We can always be sure of one thing—that the messengers of discomfort and sacrifice will be stoned and....

It would be pleasant to believe that the age of pessimism is now coming to a close, and that its end....

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

I feel part of the environment, not separate from it, as though I’m at home rather than visiting—as....

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

On the morning of November 22nd, a Friday, it became clear the gap between living and dying was closing.....

Words are man's first and most grandiose invention. With language he created a whole new universe

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and....

But if one doesn't really exist, one wonders why..." she hesitated."Why one makes such a fuss about things,"....

He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with possessions,....