“The fly runs toward the fire or lamp, thinking that it is a flower, and gets burnt up. Even so, the passionate man runs towards a false beautiful form, thinking that he can obtain real happiness, and gets burnt up in the fire of lust.” ThinkingMenRealRunningBeautifulFormSexFireFlowerPassionateLustLampsReal Happiness Author:Bill Vaughan
“Drill and uniforms impose an architecture on the crowd. An army's beautiful. But that's not all; it panders to lower instincts than the aesthetic. The spectacle of human beings reduced to automatism satisfies the lust for power. Looking at mechanized slaves, one fancies oneself a master.” HumansBeautifulHuman BeingsPowerMastersArmySlaveInstinctOneselfCrowdsArchitectureLustFancyAestheticUniformsDrillsLust For Power Book:The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Point counter point Source: The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Point counter point