I am entirely on the side of mystery. I mean, any attempt to explain away the mystery is ridiculous. I believe in the profound and unfathomable mystery of life which has a sort of divine quality about it.
Aldous Huxley
Mystery, Life, Divinity, Knowledge, Philosophical Stance, Spiritual Perspective
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“My sympathies are, of course, with the Government side, especially the Anarchists ; for Anarchism seems to me more likely to lead to desirable social change than highly centralized, dictatorial Communism .” Aldous Huxley
Anarchism, Communism, Government, Politics, Social Change, Political Ideology
Aldous Huxley Anarchism, Communism, Government, Politics, Social Change, Political Ideology“Civilization is sterilization.” Aldous Huxley
Civilization, Sterilization, Critique, Progress, Societal Observation, Philosophical Statement
Aldous Huxley Civilization, Sterilization, Critique, Progress, Societal Observation, Philosophical Statement“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” Aldous Huxley
History, Learning, Human Nature, Repetition, Philosophical Insight, Societal Observation
Aldous Huxley History, Learning, Human Nature, Repetition, Philosophical Insight, Societal Observation“When life appears to be working against you, when your luck is down, when the supposedly wrong people show up, or when you slip up and return to old, self-defeating habits, recognize the signs that you're out of harmony with intention.” Aldous Huxley
Life Challenges, Intention, Harmony, Self-awareness, Personal Growth, Philosophical Advice
Aldous Huxley Life Challenges, Intention, Harmony, Self-awareness, Personal Growth, Philosophical Advice“Liberty to be inefficient and miserable. Freedom to be a round peg in a square hole.” Aldous Huxley
Liberty, Freedom, Individuality, Societal Norms, Personal Choice, Nonconformity
Aldous Huxley Liberty, Freedom, Individuality, Societal Norms, Personal Choice, Nonconformity“Those who crusade not for God in themselves but against the devil in others, never succeed in leaving the world better, but leave it as it was or sometimes even perceptibly worse than it was before the crusade began.” Aldous Huxley
Crusade, Morality, Self-improvement, Societal Change, Human Nature, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley Crusade, Morality, Self-improvement, Societal Change, Human Nature, Philosophical Observation“Chastity – the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.” Aldous Huxley
Chastity, Sexuality, Perversion, Morality, Abstinence, Social Commentary
Aldous Huxley Chastity, Sexuality, Perversion, Morality, Abstinence, Social Commentary“It is in the social sphere, in the realm of politics and economics, that the Will to Order becomes really dangerous.” Aldous Huxley
Order, Society, Politics, Economics, Danger, Philosophical Warning
Aldous Huxley Order, Society, Politics, Economics, Danger, Philosophical Warning“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.” Aldous Huxley
Religion, Power, Human Creation, Control, Divinity, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Religion, Power, Human Creation, Control, Divinity, Philosophical Insight“Don't try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We're all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat – and the boat is perpetually sinking.” Aldous Huxley
Sanity, Sin, Humanity, Acceptance, Cosmic Boat, Shared Fate
Aldous Huxley Sanity, Sin, Humanity, Acceptance, Cosmic Boat, Shared Fate“From family to nation, every human group is a society of island universes.” Aldous Huxley
Individuality, Society, Isolation, Connection, Human Groups, Social Dynamics
Aldous Huxley Individuality, Society, Isolation, Connection, Human Groups, Social Dynamics“There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.” Aldous Huxley
Sacrifice, Self-will, God, Knowledge, Redemption, Spiritual Insight
Aldous Huxley Sacrifice, Self-will, God, Knowledge, Redemption, Spiritual Insight“The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own.” Aldous Huxley
War, Individuality, Politics, Morality, Human Nature, Philosophical Critique
Aldous Huxley War, Individuality, Politics, Morality, Human Nature, Philosophical Critique“There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.” Aldous Huxley
Happiness, Boredom, Human Nature, Empathy, Personal Experience, Psychological Observation
Aldous Huxley Happiness, Boredom, Human Nature, Empathy, Personal Experience, Psychological Observation“What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.” Aldous Huxley
Biology, Emotions, Thoughts, Human Nature, Physiological Determinism, Philosophical Materialism
Aldous Huxley Biology, Emotions, Thoughts, Human Nature, Physiological Determinism, Philosophical Materialism“Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.” Aldous Huxley
Morality, Temptation, Prayer, Restraint, Human Nature, Religious Insight
Aldous Huxley Morality, Temptation, Prayer, Restraint, Human Nature, Religious Insight“Art and religion, carnivals and saturnalia, dancing and listening to oratory – all these have served, in H. G. Wells's phrase, as Doors in the Wall.” Aldous Huxley
Escapism, Art, Religion, Entertainment, Human Experience, Cultural Phenomena
Aldous Huxley Escapism, Art, Religion, Entertainment, Human Experience, Cultural Phenomena“Of course the Dharma-body of the Buddha was the hedge at the bottom of the garden. At the same time, and no less obviously, it was these flowers, it was anything that I – or rather the blessed Not-I – cared to look at.” Aldous Huxley
Buddhism, Perception, Nature, Spirituality, Philosophical Insight, Personal Experience
Aldous Huxley Buddhism, Perception, Nature, Spirituality, Philosophical Insight, Personal Experience