Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Aldous Huxley Quotes

Dream in a pragmatic way.

Dream in a pragmatic way.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it...

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it...

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

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...

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

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.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease...

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease...

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their...

In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their...

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's...

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's...

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical...

The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean