Aldous Huxley Downward Transcendence Quotes & Sayings

I currently live in the Plaza in New York and I love it - all that history, all those interesting stories. — Tommy Hilfiger

Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners. — Robert Grosseteste

All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, - never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it cannot be changed, established, or affected by martyrdom. An error cannot be believed sincerely enough to make it a truth. — Robert Green Ingersoll

When you're a mile outside the limits of your competence, there is some comfort to be had in sounding like you know what you're doing. — Mike Carey

I have to create a circle of reading for myself: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Pascal, The New Testament. This is also necessary for all people. — Leo Tolstoy

I'm not interested in seeing dance die. It's not to my advantage. Nor is it to our culture's advantage or anybody else's. — Twyla Tharp

I'm not looking for God, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. God has a great deal written about Him; nothing has been written about me. — Jeanette Winterson

The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election. — Will Rogers

I don't think a songwriter should lose their mojo. In my situation, I'm one of those artists that lasts over a long period rather than have your moment and your moment is gone. — Jimmy Cliff

When you are exposed to others' negativity, you do not need to respond. You can choose to put your attention elsewhere and let their words be a tiny drop in the infinite ocean of your peaceful silence. — Deepak Chopra

Because we usually do not consider unimportant events stressful, stress can also be an excellent indicator of the significance we attach to an event--in other words, it highlights what is important to us. — U.S. Department Of The Army

I am a sucker for romance and I love girls and that is a terrible combination, because romance has the ability to overwhelm your perspective. — Joshua Harris

Lothaire betrayed us! Again." -Random demon . — Kresley Cole

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film. — Kazuo Ishiguro

A person whose desires and impulses are his own - are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture - is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has character ... — John Stuart Mill