Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Aldous Huxley

Quote by Aldous Huxley

“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it's more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley
Create image

Work

The collected works of Aldous Huxley

This collection brings together a wide range of works by Aldous Huxley, including his influential novels, such as 'Brave New World' and 'Island,' as well as his insightful essays on philosophy, science, and culture. The collection offers a comprehensive overview of Huxley's intellectual journey and his exploration of complex themes like human nature, technological advancement, and the nature of reality. more

Author

Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley was an English writer and philosopher, renowned for his dystopian novel 'Brave New World'. Born on July 26, 1894, in Godalming, Surrey, England, he was the younger brother of the poet and critic Leonard Huxley. Huxley's works frequently delved into the interplay of science, politics, and philosophy, and he was a prominent figure in the literary movement known as the 'Lost Generation'. He passed away on November 22, 1963. more

You May Also Like

“What drivel it all is!... A string of words called religion. Another string of words called philosophy. Half a dozen other stringscalled political ideals. And all the words either ambiguous or meaningless. And people getting so excited about them they'll murder their neighbours for using a word they don't happen to like. A word that probably doesn't mean as much as a good belch. Just a noise without even the excuse of gas on the stomach.”

PeopleMeanPhilosophyHappensPoliticalBeliefHalfViolenceIdealsMurderExcuseExcitedNoiseIdeologyGasStringsStomachMeaninglessDozenNeighbourAmbiguousDrivel
Book:After Many a Summer
Create image

“Drill and uniforms impose an architecture on the crowd. An army's beautiful. But that's not all; it panders to lower instincts than the aesthetic. The spectacle of human beings reduced to automatism satisfies the lust for power. Looking at mechanized slaves, one fancies oneself a master.”

HumansBeautifulHuman BeingsPowerMastersArmySlaveInstinctOneselfCrowdsArchitectureLustFancyAestheticUniformsDrillsLust For Power
Book:The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Point counter point
Create image

“The rush to books and universities is like the rush to the public house. People want to drown their realization of the difficulties of living properly in this grotesque contemporary world, they want to forget their own deplorable inefficiency as artists in life.”

PeopleWorldWantBookArtistHouseForgetDifficultyUniversityIntelligenceContemporaryRealizationGrotesqueInefficiency
Book:The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Point counter point
Create image

“The innocence of those who grind the faces of the poor, but refrain from pinching the bottoms of their neighbour's wives! The innocence of Ford, the innocence of Rockefeller! The nineteenth century was the Age of Innocence--that sort of innocence. With the result that we're now almost ready to say that a man is seldom more innocently employed than when making love.”

MenAgeFacesPoorResultsWifeCenturyReadyBottomGreedLustInnocenceMaking LoveEmployedNeighbourGrindNineteenth CenturyRefrainPinchingLove Lust
Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley
Create image

“Suddenly to realise that one is sitting, damned, among the other damned--it is a most disquieting experience; so disquieting thatmost of us react to it by immediately plunging more deeply into our particular damnation in the hope, generally realized, that we may be able, at least for a time, to stifle our revolutionary knowledge.”

MayAbleParticularSittingRevolutionaryRealisingDamnation
Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley
Create image