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. Aldous Huxley beastlycontactquarter Change image and share on social
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley experience Change image and share on social
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention. Aldous Huxley adultagearrest share on social
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. Aldous Huxley drapegentlemanidealism Change image and share on social
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. Aldous Huxley badgoodmake Change image and share on social
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. Aldous Huxley churchgoconsiderequivalent Change image and share on social
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. Aldous Huxley denunciationeffectivelyeloquent share on social
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. Aldous Huxley completelyconsistencyconsistent Change image and share on social
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood. Aldous Huxley absurdbloodcold Change image and share on social
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley beingcondemnconvention share on social
