Liberty to be inefficient and miserable. Freedom to be a round peg in a square hole.
A Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
I'd rather be myself," he said. "Myself and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly."
Bernard Marx, A Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqeness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
Mustapha Mond, "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Here is an excerpted essay from the introduction to Brave New World. I thought it to be interesting enough to include it in its entirety.
Essay
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