Aldous Huxley

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

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Sexual underwear is tacky.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.