In religion all words are dirty words. Anybody who gets eloquent about Buddha, or God, or Christ, ought to have his mouth washed out with carbolic soap.
Aldous Huxley
Religion, Words, Eloquence, Spirituality, Sacred Concepts, Linguistic Purity
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More Aldous Huxley Quotes
“To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.” Aldous Huxley
Perspective, Empathy, Self-awareness, Human Understanding, Social Insight, Personal Growth
Aldous Huxley Perspective, Empathy, Self-awareness, Human Understanding, Social Insight, Personal Growth“We tend to think and feel in terms of the art we like; and if the art we like is bad then our thinking and feeling will be bad. And if the thinking and feeling of most of the individuals composing a society is bad, is not that society in danger?” Aldous Huxley
Art, Thinking, Society, Influence, Culture, Aesthetic Impact
Aldous Huxley Art, Thinking, Society, Influence, Culture, Aesthetic Impact“Happiness is like coke – something you get as a by-product in the process of making something else.” Aldous Huxley
Happiness, Byproduct, Process, Achievement, Unexpected Reward, Life Perspective
Aldous Huxley Happiness, Byproduct, Process, Achievement, Unexpected Reward, Life Perspective“All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook.” Aldous Huxley
Science, Orthodoxy, Questioning, Authority, Intellectual Freedom, Scientific Method
Aldous Huxley Science, Orthodoxy, Questioning, Authority, Intellectual Freedom, Scientific Method“The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed. Proficiency and results come only to those who have learned the paradoxical art of doing and not doing, or combining relaxation with activity.” Aldous Huxley
Effort, Success, Paradox, Relaxation, Activity, Philosophical Advice
Aldous Huxley Effort, Success, Paradox, Relaxation, Activity, Philosophical Advice“Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions.” Aldous Huxley
Modernity, Intellect, Intuition, Perception, Human Nature, Philosophical Critique
Aldous Huxley Modernity, Intellect, Intuition, Perception, Human Nature, Philosophical Critique“Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness.” Aldous Huxley
Impulse, Emotion, Passion, Madness, Human Nature, Psychological Insight
Aldous Huxley Impulse, Emotion, Passion, Madness, Human Nature, Psychological Insight“Nothing – the only perfection, the only absolute. Infinite and eternal nothing.” Aldous Huxley
Nothingness, Perfection, Infinity, Philosophy, Existential Concept, Metaphysical Idea
Aldous Huxley Nothingness, Perfection, Infinity, Philosophy, Existential Concept, Metaphysical Idea“Nothing short of everything will really do.” Aldous Huxley
Totality, Ambition, Perfection, Human Desire, Philosophical Statement, Absolute Thinking
Aldous Huxley Totality, Ambition, Perfection, Human Desire, Philosophical Statement, Absolute Thinking“Thought of the incomprehensible sequence of changes and chances that make up a life, all the beauties and horrors and absurdities whose conjunctions create the uninterpretable and yet divinely significant pattern of human destiny.” Aldous Huxley
Life, Destiny, Change, Beauty, Horror, Philosophical Reflection
Aldous Huxley Life, Destiny, Change, Beauty, Horror, Philosophical Reflection“Can we unite against ourselves for our own higher interest?” Aldous Huxley
Unity, Self-interest, Paradox, Human Nature, Philosophical Question, Societal Challenge
Aldous Huxley Unity, Self-interest, Paradox, Human Nature, Philosophical Question, Societal Challenge“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“It takes a certain amount of intelligence and imagination to realize the extraordinary queerness and mysteriousness of the world in which we live.” Aldous Huxley
Intelligence, Imagination, Perception, World, Mystery, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Intelligence, Imagination, Perception, World, Mystery, Philosophical Insight“This really revolutionary revolution is to be achieved, not in the external world, but in the souls and flesh of human beings.” Aldous Huxley
Revolution, Transformation, Humanity, Inner Change, Societal Evolution, Personal Growth
Aldous Huxley Revolution, Transformation, Humanity, Inner Change, Societal Evolution, Personal Growth“The present moment is the only aperture through which the soul can pass out of time into eternity, through which grace can pass out of eternity into the soul, and through which love can pass from one soul in time to another soul in time.” Aldous Huxley
Present, Eternity, Soul, Time, Love, Spiritual Connection
Aldous Huxley Present, Eternity, Soul, Time, Love, Spiritual Connection“The best way to find things out is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun – bang it goes.” Aldous Huxley
Questions, Discovery, Learning, Observation, Indirect Approach, Knowledge Acquisition
Aldous Huxley Questions, Discovery, Learning, Observation, Indirect Approach, Knowledge Acquisition“Visionary experience is not the same as mystical experience. Mystical experience is beyond the realm of contradictions. Visionary experience is still within that realm. Heaven entails hell, and 'going to heaven' is no more liberating than is the descent into horror.” Aldous Huxley
Vision, Mysticism, Experience, Contradiction, Spiritual Insight, Philosophical Distinction
Aldous Huxley Vision, Mysticism, Experience, Contradiction, Spiritual Insight, Philosophical Distinction“It is only when it takes the form of physical addiction that sex is evil. It is also evil when it manifests itself as a way of satisfying the lust for power or the climber's craving for position and social distinction.” Aldous Huxley
Sex, Addiction, Power, Ambition, Morality, Societal Critique
Aldous Huxley Sex, Addiction, Power, Ambition, Morality, Societal Critique“Sunsets and death; death and therefore kisses, kisses and consequently birth and then death for yet another generation of sunset watchers.” Aldous Huxley
Life Cycle, Beauty, Mortality, Love, Continuity, Poetic Observation
Aldous Huxley Life Cycle, Beauty, Mortality, Love, Continuity, Poetic Observation“The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they're the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.” Aldous Huxley
Morality, Hypocrisy, Human Nature, Idealism, Societal Evil, Psychological Insight
Aldous Huxley Morality, Hypocrisy, Human Nature, Idealism, Societal Evil, Psychological Insight