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Aldous Huxley Quotes

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness Picture Quote #1

Experience teaches only the teachable Picture Quote #1

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted Picture Quote #1

Dream in a pragmatic way Picture Quote #1

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music Picture Quote #1

Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work Picture Quote #1

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To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries Picture Quote #1

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself Picture Quote #1

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex Picture Quote #1

In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation Picture Quote #1

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know Picture Quote #1

Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents Picture Quote #1

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The snapshots had become almost as dim as memories Picture Quote #1

The present moment is the only aperture through which the soul can pass out of time into eternity, through which grace can pass out of eternity into the soul, and through which love can pass from one soul in time to another soul in time Picture Quote #1

Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism Picture Quote #1

To write fiction, one needs a whole series of inspirations about people in an actual environment, and then a whole lot of work on the basis of those inspirations Picture Quote #1

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs Picture Quote #1

Words play an enormous part in our lives and are therefore deserving of the closest study Picture Quote #1

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At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction Picture Quote #1

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner Picture Quote #1

Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil Picture Quote #1

Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth Picture Quote #1

Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted Picture Quote #1

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth Picture Quote #1

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There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self Picture Quote #1

Where beauty is worshipped for beauty’s sake as a goddess, independent of and superior to morality and philosophy, the most horrible putrefaction is apt to set in. The lives of the aesthetes are the far from edifying commentary on the religion of beauty Picture Quote #1

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history Picture Quote #1

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you Picture Quote #1

To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves Picture Quote #1

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low Picture Quote #1

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There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Experience teaches only the teachable (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Dream in a pragmatic way (Aldous Huxley Quotes) After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work (Aldous Huxley Quotes) To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries (Aldous Huxley Quotes) I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself (Aldous Huxley Quotes) An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex (Aldous Huxley Quotes) In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents (Aldous Huxley Quotes) The snapshots had become almost as dim as memories (Aldous Huxley Quotes) The present moment is the only aperture through which the soul can pass out of time into eternity, through which grace can pass out of eternity into the soul, and through which love can pass from one soul in time to another soul in time (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism (Aldous Huxley Quotes) To write fiction, one needs a whole series of inspirations about people in an actual environment, and then a whole lot of work on the basis of those inspirations (Aldous Huxley Quotes) To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Words play an enormous part in our lives and are therefore deserving of the closest study (Aldous Huxley Quotes) At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction (Aldous Huxley Quotes) There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth (Aldous Huxley Quotes) There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Where beauty is worshipped for beauty’s sake as a goddess, independent of and superior to morality and philosophy, the most horrible putrefaction is apt to set in. The lives of the aesthetes are the far from edifying commentary on the religion of beauty (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history (Aldous Huxley Quotes) Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you (Aldous Huxley Quotes) To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves (Aldous Huxley Quotes) In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low (Aldous Huxley Quotes)

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