Huxley

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    The population question is the real riddle of the sphinx, to which no political Oedipus has as yet found the answer. In view of the ravages of the terrible monster over-multiplication, all other riddle sink into insignificance.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof—that’s a drink that only the most hardened contemplation-guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)