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Aldous Huxley
There is no...
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.
Most of one's...
Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.
Source: Mr....
An unexciting truth...
An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
Source: The Perennial...
Facts do not...
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Source: Proper Studies,...
I wanted to...
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is...
Genius is a...
Genius is a child up to the age of ten.
Source: ###
-- Aldous Huxley, (Jul 26...
Nonsense is an...
Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of...
The smallest fact...
The smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.
Source: cited...
Every ceiling, when...
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive...
It is far...
It is far easier to write ten passable effective sonnets, good enough to take in the not too inquiring critic, than...
The investigation of...
The investigation of nature is an infinite pasture-ground where all may graze, and where the more bite, the longer the...
The quality of...
The quality of moral behaviour varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings...
The finest works...
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only...
Experience is not...
Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.
To his dog,...
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
Source:...
Thanks to words,...
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of...
The secret of...
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your...
Ye shall know...
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Source: x
-- Aldous...
Habit converts luxurious...
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
Source: In...
If it were...
If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay - in solid cash - the arts would perish with their starving...
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