The proper study of mankind is books.

Author: Aldous Huxley

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A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one - it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.