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.
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.
themselves work
They intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are
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
medicine healthy progress
Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.
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.
medicine progress medical-science
Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.
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.