Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Aldous Huxley Quotes

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his...

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his...

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time...

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time...

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's...

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's...

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

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

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person...

One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person...

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens...

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens...

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that...

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that...

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been