“This concern with the basic condition of freedom — the absence of physical constraint — is unquestionably necessary, but is not all that is necessary. It is perfectly possible for a man to be out of prison and yet not free — to be under no physical constraint and yet to be a psychological captive, compelled to think, feel and act as the representatives of the national State, or of some private interest within the nation, want him to think, feel and act.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“A love of nature keeps no factories busy.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.”
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“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“But as time goes on, they, as all men, will find that independence was not made for man- that it is an unnatural state- will do for a while, but will not carry us on safely to the end”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
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