Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family.
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. Use this quote
A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. Use this quote
Dream in a pragmatic way. Use this quote
The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not. Use this quote
Experience teaches only the teachable. Use this quote
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. Use this quote
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn. Use this quote
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure. Use this quote
The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. Use this quote
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. Use this quote
