'Our kingdom go' is the necessary and unavoidable corollary… - Aldous Huxley

'Our kingdom go' is the necessary and unavoidable corollary of 'Thy kingdom come.' For the more there is of self, the less there is of God. (Chapter VI - Mortification, Non-Attachment, Right Livelihood)

Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was a British author known for his novel Brave New World. He was the grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley and younger brother of Julian Huxley.

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