Aldous Huxley Quotes

United Kingdom, Writer
July 26, 1894 – November, 22, 1963.

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher, and prominent member of the Huxley family. He graduated from Balliol College at the University of Oxford with a first-class honours degree in English literature.

Also known as Novelist, Philosopher

Out psychological experiences are all equally facts.

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

Aldous Huxley
- Men

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

Aldous Huxley
Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.

Aldous Huxley
To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human.

Aldous Huxley
'If a nation expects to be ignorant and free,' said Jefferson, 'it expects what never was and never will be.'

Aldous Huxley
- Free
You can't consume much if you sit still and read books.

Aldous Huxley
When will you women understand that one isn’t insanely in love? All one asks for is a quiet life, which you won’t allow one to have.

Aldous Huxley
- Life
- Women

I was seeing what Adam had seen on the morning of his creation - the miracle, moment by moment, of naked existence.

Aldous Huxley
- Morning
- Miracle