Logo
Quote by Aldous Huxley
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. I

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

Other quotes by Aldous Huxley

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work. – Aldous Huxley

Category:
Civilization
Author
Aldous Huxley
Read Quote

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

Category:
Language
Author
Aldous Huxley
Read Quote

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

Category:
Death
Author
Aldous Huxley
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Freedom
category

You dont have freedom because you are a hyphenated American you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected. – Ron Paul

Category:
Freedom

Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. – Rosa Luxemburg

Category:
Freedom

Theres a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus… its where all the freaks go – its the environment for me. – Brian Molko

Category:
Freedom

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society. – Noam Chomsky

Category:
Freedom

Random Quotes

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me. – Peter Carey

Category:
Courage

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands. – Bob Feller

Category:
Experience

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We havent tried that for a while. Maybe this time itll work. – George Carlin

Category:
Time

Fitness is a luxury when you are busy! – Lauren Conrad

Category:
fitness