What did Aldous Huxley mean by: Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. Aldous Huxley Writer · England Copy
+ Most kings and priests have been despotic, and all religions have been riddled with superstition. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Despotism, Religion, Superstition, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England
+ Nothing short of everything will really do. Author, August 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Ambition, Determination, Perfection, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England
The ductless glands secrete among other things our moods, our aspirations, our philosophy of life. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Biology, Emotions, Identity, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England
+ Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Author, October 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Awareness, Ignorance, Truth, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Disillusionment, Legacy, Rebellion, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England
Every idol, however exalted, turns out, in the long run, to be a Moloch, hungry for human sacrifice. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Idolatry, Power, Sacrifice, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England
I write everything many times over. All my thoughts are second thoughts. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Creativity, Revision, Self-doubt, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England
Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aldous Huxley, Art, Creativity, Limitations, 0 Aldous Huxley Writer · England
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
