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
eye speech saws
For [D.H.] Lawrence, existence was one continuous convalescence; it was as though he were newly reborn from a mortal illness every day of his life. What these convalescent eyes saw, his most casual speech would reveal.
people consistent
The only consistent people are the dead
tired lust body
Craving for power is not a vice of the body, consequently it knows none of the limitations imposed by a tired or satiated physiology upon gluttony, intemperance and lust
sex evil addiction
It is only when it takes the form of physical addiction that sex is evil. It is also evil when it manifests itself as a way of satisfying the lust for power or the climber's craving for position and social distinction.
wish
At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?
desirable
The indispensible is not necessarily the desirable.
country war agency
Liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.
taste acquire
The nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upon them, tend to acquire a taste for more.
judgment wit admission
To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human.
irrelevance psychology term
To talk about religion except in terms of human psychology is an irrelevance.
men kind
There are many kinds of gods. Therefore there are many kinds of men.
ocean lakes ponds
Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond.
past done next
The critics don't interest me because they're concerned with what's past and done, while I'm concerned with what comes next.
winning thinking games
Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or losing a game of chess. Do you not think that we should all consider it to be our primary duty to learn at least the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?