1,299 Quotes by Aldous Huxley

The horror no less than the charm of real life consists precisely in the recurrent actualization of the inconceivable.

Dedicated to all those who say: “I don’t have time for analytics” or “I don’t understand analytics”.

Craving for power is not a vice of the body, consequently it knows none of the limitations imposed by a tired or satiated physiology upon gluttony, intemperance and lust.

I am I, and I wish I weren’t.

People 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.

You’ve got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can’t think of the really good, penetrating, X-rayish phrases.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It’s one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

When one individual comes into intimate contact with another, she – or he, of course, as the case may be – must almost inevitably receive or inflict suffering.

Indifference is a form of sloth. For one can work hard, as I’ve always done, and yet wallow in sloth; be industrious about one’s job, but scandalously lazy about all that isn’t the job. Because, of course, the job is fun. Whereas the non-job – personal relations, in my case – is disagreeable and laborious.