Aldous Huxley ( 10 of 88 )
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.
The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical read more
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.
Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent.
Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent.
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything.
The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything.
In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low.
In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low.
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If read more
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.
To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs.
To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs.
Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man read more
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.rn
