Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.
Aldous HuxleyI wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
Aldous HuxleyWhen one individual comes into intimate contact with another, sheโor he, of course, as the case may beโmust almost inevitably receive or inflict suffering.
Aldous HuxleyOne of the great triumphs of the nineteenth century was to limit the connotation of the word "immoral" in such a way that, for practical purposes, only those were immoral who drank too much or made too copious love. Those who indulged in any or all of the other deadly sins could look down in righteous indignation on the lascivious and the gluttonous.... In the name of all lechers and boozers I most solemnly protest against the invidious distinction made to our prejudice.
Aldous HuxleyThis concern with the basic condition of freedom -- the absence of physical constraint -- is unquestionably necessary, but is not all that is necessary. It is perfectly possible for a man to be out of prison and yet not free -- to be under no physical constraint and yet to be a psychological captive, compelled to think, feel and act as the representatives of the national State, or of some private interest within the nation, want him to think, feel and act.
Aldous Huxley