Mustapha Mond

"The moral of all this is very obvious"

"The world is stable because you are like that"

"In the past you could only be quiescent in the epoch of stability"

"The deepest instinct of man is to war against war"

"I am the most powerful man in the world"

"And that, he said, was the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you've got to do."

"Yes, that's another item in the cost of stability."

"Stability isn't merely an dream, and under perfect conditions total stability could conceivably be achieved."

"This is where we keep the books."

"You can't make tragedies without social instability."

"Wheels are always out of gear in a catastrophe."

"The absence of strong feeling is the essence of stability."

"Ectogenesis leads to perfect social stability."

"Happiness is a hard master"

"You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices"

"God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness"

"The more stitches, the less riches"

"The secret's pretty good contraception and world stability"

"You pay a high price for consistency"

"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude"

"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison"

"The world's stable now. People are happy"

"You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs"

"Comfort and culture aren't compatible"

"The more science advances, the more it tends to explain everything in terms of Physics and Chemistry"

"That's the price we have to pay for stability"

"Perfect and absolute freedom in the sphere of action"

"You can't play Electra with a chorus of hundreds of lawyers"

"I am the World's most powerful being"

"And that, as I see it, is the chief function of positive eugenics. To predestine and condition as many human beings as possible to avoid fever of love."