Aldous Huxley

"People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are." Aldous Huxley

"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." Aldous Huxley

"The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity." Aldous Huxley

"If one's different, one's bound to be lonely." Aldous Huxley

"Never give children a chance of imagining that anything exists in isolation. Make it plain from the very beginning that all living is relationship. Show them relationships in the woods, in the fields, in the ponds and streams, in the village and in the country around it. Rub it in." Aldous Huxley

"Several excuses are always less convincing than one." Aldous Huxley

"An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex." Aldous Huxley

"People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is - just be a little kinder." Aldous Huxley

"Every man's memory is his private literature." Aldous Huxley

"Nothing short of everything will really do." Aldous Huxley

"It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other." Aldous Huxley

"In real life there is no such person as the average man." Aldous Huxley

"When the sun rises, it rises for everyone." Aldous Huxley

"If we evolved a race of Isaac Newtons, that would not be progress. For the price Newton had to pay for being a supreme intellect was that he was incapable of friendship, love, fatherhood, and many other desirable things. As a man he was a failure; as a monster he was superb." Aldous Huxley