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
believe writing wind
I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example...
men years brave-new-world-happiness
They're old; they're about God hundreds of years ago. Not about God now" "But God doesn't change" "Men do though
civilization savages agree
Did you eat something that didn't agree with you?" asked Bernard. The Savage nodded "I ate civilization.
suffering may individual
When one individual comes into intimate contact with another, she—or he, of course, as the case may be—must almost inevitably receive or inflict suffering.
life education philosophy
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.
men choices world
Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman.
pain horror fascinating
Pain was a fascinating horror
bullying fun responsibility
I used to think I had no will to power. Now I perceive that I vented it on thoughts, rather than people. Conquering an unknown province of knowledge. Getting the better of a problem. Forcing ideas to associate or come apart. Bullying recalcitrant words to assume a certain pattern. All the fun of being a dictator without any risks and responsibilities.
sky stills
Pully, hauly, tug with a will; the gods wiggle waggle, but the sky stands still.
busy factories nature-love
A love of nature keeps no factories busy.
consistent
The only truly consistent are the dead.
self feelings outsiders
The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt and hostility aroused by his physical defects. Which in turn increased his sense of being alien and alone. A chronic fear of being slighted made him avoid his equals, made him stand, where his inferiors were concerned, self-consciously on his dignity.
movement may ascent
In actual life a downward movement may sometimes be made the beginning of an ascent.
heart men understanding
But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.