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Aldous Huxley

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You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.


— Aldous Huxley


#cigar #costly #emotional #habit #hurry

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.


— Aldous Huxley


#cynical #doing #excuse #intelligent #intolerable

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


— Aldous Huxley


#important #learn #lessons #men #most

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.


— Aldous Huxley


#celery #dark #i #like #losing

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


— Aldous Huxley


#carry #child #enthusiasm #genius #into

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.


— Aldous Huxley


#any #ever #human #human activity #importance

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.


— Aldous Huxley


#europe #his #image #man #metaphysical

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


— Aldous Huxley


#consistency #consistent #contrary #dead #life

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.


— Aldous Huxley


#chosen #civilization #compatible #god #happiness

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.


— Aldous Huxley


#absurd #another #blood #cold #men






About Aldous Huxley

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Did you know about Aldous Huxley?

He also served on the editorial board with IAldous Huxleyrwood Heard and playwright John van Druten from 1951 through 1962. From these he put forward some warnings in his writings and talks. In 1944 Huxley wrote the introduction to the "Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God" translated by Swami Prabhavanada and Christopher IAldous Huxleyrwood which was publiAldous Huxleyd by The Vedanta Society of Southern California.

He is also well known for advocating and taking psychedelics. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry and publiAldous Huxleyd short stories poetry travel writing film stories and scripts. 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.

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