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Birth anniversary of Huxley: One liners from his pacifist philosophy


Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) - the noted writer, philosopher. pacifist thinker and the famed author of 'Brave New World' - was an admirer of Vedanta philosophy. Here, on his birth anniversary.


Here are one-liners / crisp quotes of Huxley which have been classified as follows to mark the special day.


On education and conditioning


  • The abstract knowledge which words bring us is paid for by concrete ignorance

  • One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

  • Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

  • Most men and women (will) grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.

  • There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.


On solitude

  • If one's different, one's bound to be lonely

  • The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

  • I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.


On Happiness

  • Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.

  • Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery.

  • Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities

  • The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm


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