But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
ALDOUS HUXLEYBut the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
ALDOUS HUXLEYBeware of being too rational. In the country of the insane, the integrated man doesn’t become king. He gets lynched.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThe most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.
ALDOUS HUXLEYMedical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.
ALDOUS HUXLEYSo long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.
ALDOUS HUXLEYAddiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction
ALDOUS HUXLEYMan is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry
ALDOUS HUXLEYWherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman.
ALDOUS HUXLEYAll war propaganda consists, in the last resort, in substituting diabolical abstractions for human beings. Similarly, those who defend war have invented a pleasant sounding vocabulary of abstractions in which to describe the process of mass murder.
ALDOUS HUXLEYThe more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
ALDOUS HUXLEYIf one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.
ALDOUS HUXLEYLiberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.
ALDOUS HUXLEYChronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
ALDOUS HUXLEYSons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
ALDOUS HUXLEYExperience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
ALDOUS HUXLEYPeople often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is – just be a little kinder.
ALDOUS HUXLEY