We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves. Aldous Huxley More Quotes by Aldous Huxley More Quotes From Aldous Huxley Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body. Aldous Huxley consistency wisdom mind Along this particular stretch of line no express had ever passed. All the trains--the few that there were--stopped at all the stations. Denis knew the names of those stations by heart. Bole, Tritton, Spavin Delawarr, Knipswich for Timpany, West Bowlby, and, finally, Camlet-on-the-Water. Aldous Huxley names heart book The brotherhood of men does not imply their equality. Families have their fools and their men of genius, their black sheep and their saints, their worldly successes and their worldly failures. A man should treat his brothers lovingly and with justice, according to the deserts of each. But the deserts of every brother are not the same. Aldous Huxley brother sheep men This really revolutionary revolution is to be achieved, not in the external world, but in the souls and flesh of human beings. Aldous Huxley soul flesh world The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth. Aldous Huxley oratory politician matter Liberate yourselves from everything you know and look with complete innocence at this infinitely improbable thing before you. Aldous Huxley innocence thrive looks I was born wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born, and have made, in a curious way, the worst of both. Aldous Huxley two way world As late as the seventeenth century, monarchs owned so little furniture that they had to travel from palace to palace with wagon-loads of plate and bedspreads, of carpets and tapestries. Aldous Huxley furniture palaces littles Somewhere in the rain, there will always be an abandoned dog that prevents you from being happy. Aldous Huxley pet dog rain Men make use of their illnesses at least as much as they are made use of by them. Aldous Huxley health use men Ignore death up to the last moment; then, when it can't be ignored any longer, have yourself squirted full of morphia and shuffle off in a coma. Thoroughly sensible, humane and scientific, eh? Aldous Huxley lasts dying death To those who think that liberty is a good thing, and that it may someday be possible for people to live in a society fit for free, fully human individuals, a thorough education in the nature of language, its uses and abuses, seems indispensable. Aldous Huxley abuse people thinking Parodies and caricatures are the most penetrating of criticisms. Aldous Huxley caricatures parody criticism Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience. Aldous Huxley hypnosis government believe In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their dope than have died for their religion or their country. Aldous Huxley dope country people All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny. Aldous Huxley brave-new-world destiny people The silent bear no witness against themselves. Aldous Huxley silent witness bears Most ignorances are vincible, and in the greater number of cases stupidity is what the Buddha pronounced it to be, a sin. For, consciously, or subconsciously, it is with deliberation that we do not know or fail to understand-because incomprehension allows us, with a good conscience, to evade unpleasant obligations and responsibilities, because ignorance is the best excuse for going on doing what one likes, but ought not, to do. Aldous Huxley ignorance responsibility numbers The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous. Aldous Huxley violent love people A man may have strong humanitarian and democratic principles, but if he happens to have been brought up as a bath-taking, shirt-changing lover of fresh air, he will have to overcome certain physical repugnance before he can bring himself to put those principles into practice. Aldous Huxley strong air men
