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
judging world wells
I know the outer world as well as you do, and I judge it. You know nothing of my inner world, and yet you presume to judge that world.
people looks satisfied
These are the sort of things people ought to look at. Things without pretensions, satisfied to be merely themselves.
love cold made
Nothing is more dreadful than a cold, unimpassioned indulgence. And love infallibly becomes cold and unimpassioned when it is too lightly made.
brave-new-world alcohol soma
All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects.
magic literature may
The creation by word-power of something out of nothing--what is that but magic? And, may I add, what is that but literature?
desire rage
Wild inside; raging, writhing—yes, "writhing" was the word, writhing with desire. But outwardly he was hopelessly tame; outwardly—baa, baa, baa.
brave-new-world brave-new-world-john brave-new-world-technology
But every one belongs to every one else
art way reason
We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.
remember moments doors-of-perception
Each person is at each moment capable of remembering all that has ever happened to him and of perceiving everything that is happening everywhere in the universe.
time intuition duration
The most intractable of our experiences is the experience of Time-the intuition of duration, combined with the thought of perpetual perishing.
technology yield rabbits
Applied Science is a conjuror, whose bottomless hat yields impartially the softest of Angora rabbits and the most petrifying of Medusas.
war unique men
Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.
sacrifice reflection men
Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions.
grace doing-your-best ready
Grace is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it.