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99 Inspiring Quotes By Aldous Huxley, The Author Of Brave New World

Famous As: Writer and Philosopher Best Known for His Novels: ‘Brave New World’, ‘Island’ and ‘Point Counter Point’
Born On: July 26, 1894
Died On: November 22, 1963
Born In: Godalming, England
Died At Age: 69

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English novelist, intellectual, satirist and essayist, who rose to prominence in the 20th century as one of the most important literary figures of the time. He was born in the influential Huxley family which was known throughout England for producing some of the finest minds in the country and he was no exception. He studied at Eton College and then at Oxford University, before embarking on a remarkably successful career as a writer. He was also the editor of the Oxford Poetry magazine during his life as a university student. Huxley’s most famous works as a novelist includes the novel ‘Brave New World’, ‘Point Counter Point’, ‘The Perennial Philosophy’ and ‘Island’ among others. He was also a prolific writer of non-fiction and one of the well-known works in that genre is the book ‘The Doors of Perception.’ Huxley had also worked on movie scripts and had also been an active travel writer. His life’s work as a literary figure of rare gift saw him elected to the Royal Society of Literature as the Champion of Literature. Here are some of the best quotes from Aldous Huxley’s life and work that would certainly appeal to the curious mind.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Aldous Huxley
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

Aldous Huxley
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Aldous Huxley
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

Aldous Huxley
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

Aldous Huxley
Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.

Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.

Aldous Huxley
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Aldous Huxley
I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

Aldous Huxley
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Aldous Huxley
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

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

Aldous Huxley
An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

Aldous Huxley
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

Aldous Huxley
I am I, and I wish I weren't.

I am I, and I wish I weren't.

Aldous Huxley
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

Aldous Huxley
I like being myself. Myself and nasty.

I like being myself. Myself and nasty.

Aldous Huxley
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Aldous Huxley
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Aldous Huxley
One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

Aldous Huxley
Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Aldous Huxley
All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

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

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

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

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

Aldous Huxley
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Aldous Huxley
...most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.

...most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.

Aldous Huxley
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Aldous Huxley
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Aldous Huxley
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Aldous Huxley
No social stability without individual stability.

No social stability without individual stability.

Aldous Huxley
Ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics. Individual insanity is immune to the consequences of collective insanity.

Ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics. Individual insanity is immune to the consequences of collective insanity.

Aldous Huxley
I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then,

I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness.

Aldous Huxley