The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love – almost as violent and much more mischievous. – Aldous Huxley
Cynical realism is the intelligent mans best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. – Aldous Huxley
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty – his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure. – Aldous Huxley
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. – Aldous Huxley