Author: Aldous Huxley

Quotes

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

- 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

Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

- 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

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

- 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 charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

- Aldous Huxley

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

- Aldous Huxley

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

- Aldous Huxley

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