Aldous Huxley ( 10 of 88 )
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
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.
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder read more
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.
Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.
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.
We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.
We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
