Most ignorances are vincible, and in the greater number of cases stupidity is what the Buddha pronounced it to be, a sin. For, consciously, or subconsciously, it is with deliberation that we do not know or fail to understand-because incomprehension allows us, with a good conscience, to evade unpleasant obligations and responsibilities, because ignorance is the best excuse for going on doing what one likes, but ought not, to do.
Aldous Huxley...two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary.
Aldous HuxleyYou all remember, I suppose, that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford's: History is bunk.
Aldous HuxleyWild inside; raging, writhingโyes, "writhing" was the word, writhing with desire. But outwardly he was hopelessly tame; outwardlyโbaa, baa, baa.
Aldous HuxleyTo be enlightened is to be aware, always, of total reality in its immanent otherness - to be aware of it and yet remain in a condition to survive as an animal. Our goal is to discover that we have always been where we ought to be. Unhappily we make the task exceedingly difficult for ourselves.
Aldous Huxley