A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. – Aldous Huxley
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. – Aldous Huxley
It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous. – Aldous Huxley
Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. – Aldous Huxley
Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image. – Aldous Huxley
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly. – Aldous Huxley
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm. – Aldous Huxley
We are all geniuses up to the age of ten. – Aldous Huxley
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood. – Aldous Huxley
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. – Aldous Huxley
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. – Aldous Huxley
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. – Aldous Huxley
The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth. – Aldous Huxley
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. – Aldous Huxley
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. – Aldous Huxley
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. – Aldous Huxley
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. – Aldous Huxley
The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge. – Aldous Huxley
If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay, the arts would perish with their starving practitioners — let us thank heaven for hypocrisy. – Aldous Huxley
