The moral peril to humanity ...

The moral peril to humanity of thoughtlessly accepting these conveniences [of materialism] (with their inherent disadvantages) as constituting a philosophy of life is now becoming apparent. For the implications of this disruptive materialism... are that human beings are nothing but bodies, animals, machines.
The moral peril to humanity of thoughtlessly accepting these conveniences [of materialism] (with their inherent disadvantages) as constituting a philosophy of life is now becoming apparent. For the implications of this disruptive materialism... are that human beings are nothing but bodies, animals, machines.
 Aldous Huxley

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Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
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 Aldous Huxley
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
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Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
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No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat when he yawns in the face of his amorously importunate wife.
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 Aldous Huxley