Now, a corpse, poor thing, is an untouchable and the process of decay is, of all pieces of bad manners, the vulgarest imaginable. For a corpse is, by definition, a person absolutely devoid of savoir vivre.
Aldous Huxley
Death, Decay, Manners, Irony, Philosophical Observation, Dark Humor
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More Aldous Huxley Quotes
“If after every tempest came such calms, may the winds blow till they have wakened death.” Aldous Huxley
Adversity, Calm, Death, Poetic Expression, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Observation
Aldous Huxley Adversity, Calm, Death, Poetic Expression, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Observation“The ductless glands secrete among other things our moods, our aspirations, our philosophy of life.” Aldous Huxley
Biology, Psychology, Philosophy, Human Nature, Scientific Insight, Determinism
Aldous Huxley Biology, Psychology, Philosophy, Human Nature, Scientific Insight, Determinism“A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.” Aldous Huxley
Writing, Quality, Effort, Sincerity, Artistic Creation, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley Writing, Quality, Effort, Sincerity, Artistic Creation, Philosophical Observation“Man's life on earth has only one end and purpose: to identify himself with his eternal Self and so to come to intuitive knowledge of the Divine Ground.” Aldous Huxley
Life Purpose, Spirituality, Self-realization, Divinity, Philosophical Statement, Religious Insight
Aldous Huxley Life Purpose, Spirituality, Self-realization, Divinity, Philosophical Statement, Religious Insight“All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.” Aldous Huxley
Meaning, Actions, Significance, Life, Consequences, Personal Responsibility
Aldous Huxley Meaning, Actions, Significance, Life, Consequences, Personal Responsibility“Unlike the masses, intellectuals have a taste for rationality and an interest in facts.” Aldous Huxley
Intellectuals, Masses, Rationality, Facts, Critical Thinking, Knowledge Pursuit
Aldous Huxley Intellectuals, Masses, Rationality, Facts, Critical Thinking, Knowledge Pursuit“God: a gaseous vertebrate.” Aldous Huxley
God, Definition, Humor, Irreverence, Philosophical Statement, Religious Critique
Aldous Huxley God, Definition, Humor, Irreverence, Philosophical Statement, Religious Critique“Morality is always the product of terror; its chains and strait-waistcoats are fashioned by those who dare not trust others, because they dare not trust themselves, to walk in liberty.” Aldous Huxley
Morality, Fear, Trust, Liberty, Human Nature, Philosophical Critique
Aldous Huxley Morality, Fear, Trust, Liberty, Human Nature, Philosophical Critique“In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.” Aldous Huxley
Efficiency, Activity, Relaxation, Balance, Productivity, Life Philosophy
Aldous Huxley Efficiency, Activity, Relaxation, Balance, Productivity, Life Philosophy“An irrelevance, and your life's altered.” Aldous Huxley
Change, Irrelevance, Life, Randomness, Consequence, Unexpected Impact
Aldous Huxley Change, Irrelevance, Life, Randomness, Consequence, Unexpected Impact“Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.” Aldous Huxley
Conviction, Achievement, Belief, Confidence, Success, Single-mindedness
Aldous Huxley Conviction, Achievement, Belief, Confidence, Success, Single-mindedness“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” Aldous Huxley
Desire, Spirituality, Experience, Freedom, Morality, Existential Statement
Aldous Huxley Desire, Spirituality, Experience, Freedom, Morality, Existential Statement“We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves.” Aldous Huxley
Isolation, Interaction, Human Condition, Individuality, Social Existence, Existential Truth
Aldous Huxley Isolation, Interaction, Human Condition, Individuality, Social Existence, Existential Truth“By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in solitude. Sensations, feelings, insights, fancies – all these are private and, except through symbols and at second hand, incommunicable. We can pool information about experiences, but never the experiences themselves. From family to nation, every human group is a society of island universes.” Aldous Huxley
Solitude, Experience, Communication, Individuality, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Solitude, Experience, Communication, Individuality, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight“If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats.” Aldous Huxley
Writing, Psychology, Observation, Human Nature, Animal Companionship, Creative Insight
Aldous Huxley Writing, Psychology, Observation, Human Nature, Animal Companionship, Creative Insight“The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.” Aldous Huxley
Authorship, Identity, Literature, Humor, Historical Uncertainty, Logical Absurdity
Aldous Huxley Authorship, Identity, Literature, Humor, Historical Uncertainty, Logical Absurdity“It isn't only art that is incompatible with happiness, it's also science. Science is dangerous, we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.” Aldous Huxley
Science, Art, Happiness, Danger, Knowledge Control, Intellectual Restraint
Aldous Huxley Science, Art, Happiness, Danger, Knowledge Control, Intellectual Restraint“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“A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.” Aldous Huxley
Hell, Ambition, Death, Human Behavior, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation
Aldous Huxley Hell, Ambition, Death, Human Behavior, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation