Aldous Huxley1894–1963The quotations of
Aldous Huxley
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1894–1963
31 quotes, most often on Experience, Truth & Lies and Wisdom.
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
Texts and Pretexts (1932), p. 5- Time Must Have a Stop (1944)
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is Music.
Music at Night and Other Essays (1931), “The Rest is Silence”- Frequently attributed to Aldous Huxley (possibly to Brave New World Revisited) but not traced to a reliable source.
- Eyeless in Gaza (1936), Ch. 27
- “A Case of Voluntary Ignorance” in Collected Essays (1959)
- Themes and Variations
An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.
- Music at Night and Other Essays (1931), “Tragedy and the Whole Truth”
Those who believe they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.
Proper Studies (1927), “Note on Dogma”Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Themes and Variations (1950), “Variations on a Philosopher”
