Author: Aldous Huxley

Quotes

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

- Aldous Huxley

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.

- Aldous Huxley

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

- Aldous Huxley

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

- Aldous Huxley

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

- Aldous Huxley

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

- Aldous Huxley

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

- Aldous Huxley

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

- Aldous Huxley

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

- Aldous Huxley

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