“When I do something wrong,” he said, “or merely stupid, I find it very useful to draw up --- not exactly a balance sheet; no, it’s more like a genealogy, if you see what I mean, a family tree of the offense. Who or what were its parents, ancestors, collaterals? What are likely to be its descendants ---- in my own life and other people’s, It’s surprising how far a little honest research will take one. Down into the ratholes of one’s own character. Back into past history. Out into the world around one. Forward into possible consequences. It makes one realize that nothing one does is unimportant and nothing wholly private.”
----- Aldous Huxley
“Time Must Have Its Stop”
“Every man’s memory is his private literature.”
---Aldous Huxley
"Remember that there is a meaning beyond absurdity. Be sure that every little deed counts, that every word has power. Never forget that you can still do your share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and frustrations and disappointments."
----Abraham Joshua Herschel
"Man is a messenger who forgot the message."
------Abraham Joshua Herschel
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