But meanwhile my question remained unanswered. How was this cleansed perception to be reconciled with a proper concern with human relations, with the necessary chores and duties, to say nothing of charity and practical compassion? The age-old debate between the actives and the contemplatives was being renewed — renewed, so far as I was concerned, with an unprecedented poignancy.

— The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley (Page 35)