Friday, June 1, 2007

Aldous Huxley Quotes

"Maybe this world is another planet's hell."-Aldous Huxley

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted."-Aldous Huxley

"That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent."-Aldous Huxley

"The author of the Illiad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name."-Aldous Huxley

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

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."-Aldous Huxley, "Proper Studies", 1927

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."-Aldous Huxley, "Texts and Pretexts", 1932

"Death… It’s the only thing we haven’t succeeded in completely vulgarizing."-Aldous Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza (1936)

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."-Aldous Huxley, Vedanta for the Western World, 1945

1 comment:

  1. "That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent."-Aldous Huxley quotes. I like this quote very much. Thanks for sharing!!!

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