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Aldous Huxley Quotes

Biography: Aldous Huxley is best known for his dystopian novel "Brave New World."... more Biography: Aldous Huxley is best known for his dystopian novel "Brave New World." Born in 1894 in England, Huxley was a prominent writer and philosopher who explored themes of modernity, technology, and societal issues. His works span novels, essays, and screenplays, reflecting a deep concern for humanity's future. less

"I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself."

Tags: Personal growth, Self-improvement, Self-awareness, Change, Self-reflection

"Man is an intelligence, not served by, but in servitude to his organs."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-awareness, Human nature, Existentialism, Consciousness

"Maybe this planet is some other planet’s hell."

Tags: Philosophy, Existentialism, Life and death, Afterlife, Hell

"The final end of every human undertaking, whether in science, art, or religion, is the human realization of the identity between the knower and the known, the seer and the seen, the experiencer and the experienced."

Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Identity, Knowledge, Art

"To make the best of both worlds in every sense of that phrase and bring peace to mind and heart."

Tags: Mindfulness, Mental health, Inner peace, Contentment, Balance

"There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues."

Tags: Philosophy, Creativity, Reflection, Art, Procrastination

"Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment."

Tags: Ethics, Self-reflection, Morality, Regret, Guilt

"It’s with bad sentiments that one makes good novels."

Tags: Inspiration, Creativity, Literature, Emotions, Writing

"Experience teaches only the teachable."

Tags: Self-improvement, Wisdom, Growth, Personal development, Learning

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

Tags: Philosophy, Life, Growth, Change, Nature

"A belief in hell is the only one, among numerous metaphysical beliefs, which has always seemed to me to be entirely certain."

Tags: Philosophy, Spirituality, Faith, Belief, Existentialism

"Ending is better than mending."

Tags: Philosophy, Change, New beginnings, Improvement, Resolution

"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."

Tags: Ethics, Humanity, Conflict, Politics, Suffering

"Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Human nature, Truth, Communication

"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior righteous indignation — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats."

Tags: Human nature, Psychology, Ethical dilemma, Crusade

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