Aldous Huxley Quotes

Biography: Aldous Huxley is best known for his dystopian novel "Brave New World."... more Biography: Aldous Huxley is best known for his dystopian novel "Brave New World." Born in 1894 in England, Huxley was a prominent writer and philosopher who explored themes of modernity, technology, and societal issues. His works span novels, essays, and screenplays, reflecting a deep concern for humanity's future. less

"The most important thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history ""The greatest advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur ""Every man's memory is his private literature.""The worst enemy is a boss with a title and no knowledge""Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.""The more sin, the more justification.""One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.""Civilization is, among other things, the process by which animals are turned into men.""The more you know, the more you see.""At their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and madmen.""I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.""Man is an intelligence, not served by, but in servitude to his organs.""Maybe this planet is some other planet’s hell.""The final end of every human undertaking, whether in science, art, or religion, is the human realization of the identity between the knower and the known, the seer and the seen, the experiencer and the experienced.""To make the best of both worlds in every sense of that phrase and bring peace to mind and heart.""There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.""Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment.""It’s with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.""Experience teaches only the teachable.""Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead."

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