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.
God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness. Use this quote
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. Use this quote
There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God. Use this quote
Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too. Use this quote
There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness. Use this quote
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. Use this quote
Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness. Use this quote
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. Use this quote
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history. Use this quote
De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history. Use this quote
