Quotes from Aldous Huxley

We are unable to see the mind, and find it difficult in consequence to understand its nature.

That which had made Helmholtz so uncomfortably aware of being himself and all alone was too much ability.

All human minds are not the same, that intelligence differs not only in degree, but to some extent also in kind.

Analizando su vida doméstica, Biran sentía que había hecho muy bien en casarse con una amable y simple mujer, capaz de ser feliz a mi lado sin reclamarme nada, y para quien soy siempre lo suficientemente bueno como para no hacer esfuerzo alguno en modificarme.

He would think of Heaven and London and Our Lady of Acoma and the rows and rows of babies in clean bottles and Jesus flying up and Linda flying up and the great Director of World hatcheries and Awonawilona.

La familiaridad engendra la indiferencia.

But value dwells no in particular will, said the Savage. It holds his estimate and dignity as well wherein 'tis precious of itself as in the prizer.

Ordinary men, we have seen, are not much interested in any political problems which do not immediately affect themselves.

To know a person's character you must at least have talked with him, and unless you are gifted with remarkable intuitive insight you are not likely to know much about him unless you have seen him living and acting over a considerable period of time.

The problem of rapidly increasing numbers in relation to natural resources, to social stability and to the well-being of individuals—this is now the central problem of mankind; and it will remain the central problem certainly for another century, and perhaps for several centuries thereafter.

All men have similar sensations, but not all have similar intuitions.

No deseamos cambios. Todo cambio constituye una amenaza para la estabilidad. Ésta es otra razón por la cual nos mostramos tan reacios a aplicar nuevos inventos. Todo descubrimiento de las ciencias puras es potencialmente subversivo; incluso la ciencia debe ser tratada a veces como un enemigo.

Destruir su condicionamiento ante la muerte con aquella indecente explosión de dolor, como si la muerte fuese algo horrible, como si la vida de una persona pudiera llegar a importar tanto!

los hombres no son sólo meros compradores de los productos en serie producidos por los grandes trusts, sino que parecen incluso producidos por la omnipotencia de éstos, perdiendo su propia individuación.

To give organisations precedence over persons is to subordinate ends to means.

Las palabras pueden ser como los rayos X si se emplean adecuadamente: pasan a través de todo. Las lees y te traspasan. Ésta es una de las cosas que intento enseñar a mis alumnos: a escribir de manera penetrante.

Nu-i mai bine s? r?mîi acas?? S? prinzi r?d?cini? R?d?cinile devin îns? lanÈ›uri.

La felicidad nunca tiene grandeza.

But all the same," insisted the Savage, "it is natural to believe in God when you're alone—quite alone, in the night, thinking about death …" "But people never are alone now," said Mustapha Mond. "We make them hate solitude; and we arrange their lives so that it's almost impossible for them ever to have it.

But God doesn't change." "Men do, though." "What difference does that make?" "All the difference in the world

How does he manifest himself now?" asked the Savage. "Well, he manifests himself as an absence; as though he weren't there at all.

The Quakers pray as the spirit moves them; but to let oneself be moved by the spirit is an arduous business. Kindlier and more worldly churches, with a feeling for human weakness, provide their worshipers with rituals, litanies, beads and prayer wheels.

Imagine a factory staffed by Alphas—that is to say by separate and unrelated individuals of good heredity and conditioned so as to be capable (within limits) of making a free choice and assuming responsibilities. Imagine it!

Özgür ve insan olmak istemiyor musunuz? Ä°nsanl?k ve özgürlüÄŸün ne olduÄŸunu anlam?yor musunuz? Hiddetten ak?c? konuÅŸuyor, sözcükleri kolayca ve h?zla geliyordu. Anlam?yor musunuz? diye tekrarlad?, ama sorusuna yan?t alamad?. Peki öyleyse, diyerek sert bir tonda devam etti. Size öÄŸreteyim, isteseniz de istemeseniz de sizi özgür k?laca??m.