Top 105 Quotes by Aldous Huxley

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.

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.

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

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

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

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

If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

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