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
consistency consistent people
The only completely consistent people are the dead.
english-novelist man served servitude
Man is an intelligence, not served by, but in servitude to his organs.
string thread words
Words from the thread on which we string our experiences.
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
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.
majority logic reason
The vast majority of human beings are not interested in reason or satisfied with what it teaches.
brave-new-world destiny people
All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.
brave-new-world looks misery
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery.
solemn cease
Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
peace hypocrisy long
Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom.
good-work brave-new-world-john brave-new-world-technology
We can't allow science to undo its own good work.
conversations-with-god logical shoreline
The more you know, the more you see
sick civilisation
I'm sick. I've eaten civilisation and I'm sick.