Quotes Tagged With :aldous

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

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

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.

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

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

You think that's the solution to everything, don't you, Bane? Drinking and dancing and making love.......

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

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