Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxleywas an English writer, novelist, philosopher, and prominent member of the Huxley family. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a first in English literature...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 July 1894
Aldous Huxley quotes about
string thread words
Words from the thread on which we string our experiences.
english-novelist man served servitude
Man is an intelligence, not served by, but in servitude to his organs.
brave-new-world men law
The gods are just. No doubt. But their code of law is dictated, in the last resort, by the people who organize society; Providence takes its cue from men.
mad shall truth
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad
inspirational motivational positive
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
language-words levels able
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.
thankful gratitude appreciation
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
majority logic reason
The vast majority of human beings are not interested in reason or satisfied with what it teaches.
50th-birthday age genius
We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.
brave-new-world destiny people
All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.
technology political democracy
Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.
brave-new-world looks misery
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery.
thread form strings
Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.