Цитаты из книги «О дивный новый мир / Brave New World»

HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE

The Varieties of Religious Experience Mustapha Mond shrugged his shoulders. “You’re welcome,” he said.

The Varieties of Religious Experience . By William James

Home, home—a few small rooms, stiflingly over-inhabited by people. No air, no space; a prison; darkness, disease, and smells.

Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they’re so clever. I’m really awfully glad I’m a Beta, because I don’t work so hard. And we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas.

Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks—already in the infant mind they were linked. “They’ll grow up with what the psychologists used to call an ‘instinctive’ hatred of books and flowers. They’ll be safe from books and botany all their lives.”

Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks—already in the infant mind they were linked.

“And that,” said the Director, “that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you’ve got to do. We aim at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.”

‘You can only be independent of God while you’ve got youth and prosperity; independence won’t take you safely to the end.’

If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.