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
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?
science circles literature
Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.
equality men literature
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.
next literature prophet
The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.
ideas literature huxley
Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.
literature three beastly
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
literature literary-devices devices
The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything
luxury dull literature
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
fate soul literature
My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.
common-decency worst-enemy literature
The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
happiness people literature
Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.
writing individuality literature
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
truth literature platitudes
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
memories men literature
Every man's memory is his private literature.