All that the conscious ego can do is to formulate wishes, which are then carried out by forces which it controls very little and understands not at all. (Aldous Huxley)

All that the conscious ego can do is to formulate wishes, which are then carried out by forces which it controls very little and understands not at all.

Aldous Huxley

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