Oh, what fun it would be if one didn't have to think about happiness.
Aldous Huxley
Happiness, Overthinking, Fun, Contentment, Simplicity, Mental Burden
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More Aldous Huxley Quotes
“We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.” Aldous Huxley
Reason, Irrationality, Human Nature, Philosophy, Paradox, Psychological Insight
Aldous Huxley Reason, Irrationality, Human Nature, Philosophy, Paradox, Psychological Insight“Men make use of their illnesses at least as much as they are made use of by them.” Aldous Huxley
Illness, Human Nature, Psychology, Adaptation, Philosophical Insight, Societal Observation
Aldous Huxley Illness, Human Nature, Psychology, Adaptation, Philosophical Insight, Societal Observation“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” Aldous Huxley
Music, Silence, Expression, Inexpressible, Art, Human Communication
Aldous Huxley Music, Silence, Expression, Inexpressible, Art, Human Communication“Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channelling of impulse and energy.” Aldous Huxley
Relationships, Society, Energy, Exclusivity, Societal Critique, Philosophical Observation
Aldous Huxley Relationships, Society, Energy, Exclusivity, Societal Critique, Philosophical Observation“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“The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.” Aldous Huxley
Belief, Evidence, Mind, Sin, Rationality, Philosophical Statement
Aldous Huxley Belief, Evidence, Mind, Sin, Rationality, Philosophical Statement“The most intractable of our experiences is the experience of Time-the intuition of duration, combined with the thought of perpetual perishing.” Aldous Huxley
Time, Experience, Perception, Mortality, Philosophical Concept, Existential Awareness
Aldous Huxley Time, Experience, Perception, Mortality, Philosophical Concept, Existential Awareness“For every traveller who has any taste of his own, the only useful guidebook will be the one which he himself has written.” Aldous Huxley
Travel, Individuality, Experience, Personal Perspective, Life Advice, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Travel, Individuality, Experience, Personal Perspective, Life Advice, Philosophical Insight“Wretched, in a word, because she had behaved as any healthy and virtuous English girl ought to behave and not in some other, abnormal, extraordinary way.” Aldous Huxley
Conformity, Virtue, Societal Expectations, Individuality, Cultural Critique, Irony
Aldous Huxley Conformity, Virtue, Societal Expectations, Individuality, Cultural Critique, Irony“I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.” Aldous Huxley
Obscurity, Genuineness, Authenticity, Darkness, Personal Growth, Hidden Potential
Aldous Huxley Obscurity, Genuineness, Authenticity, Darkness, Personal Growth, Hidden Potential“When people are suspicious with you, you start being suspicious with them.” Aldous Huxley
Suspicion, Human Interaction, Trust, Reciprocity, Social Behavior, Psychological Insight
Aldous Huxley Suspicion, Human Interaction, Trust, Reciprocity, Social Behavior, Psychological Insight“They're well off; they're safe; they're never ill; they're not afraid of death; they're blissfully ignorant of passion and old age; they're plagued with no mothers or fathers; they've got no wives, or children, or lovers to feel strongly about; they're so conditioned that they practically can't help behaving as they ought to behave.” Aldous Huxley
Conditioning, Contentment, Ignorance, Emotional Detachment, Societal Control, Artificial Happiness
Aldous Huxley Conditioning, Contentment, Ignorance, Emotional Detachment, Societal Control, Artificial Happiness“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“Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.” Aldous Huxley
Words, Experience, Memory, Language, Human Cognition, Philosophical Metaphor
Aldous Huxley Words, Experience, Memory, Language, Human Cognition, Philosophical Metaphor“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” Aldous Huxley
Knowledge, Unknown, Perception, Consciousness, Human Experience, Philosophical Insight
Aldous Huxley Knowledge, Unknown, Perception, Consciousness, Human Experience, Philosophical Insight“Blood of the world, time staunchless flows; The wound is mortal and is mine.” Aldous Huxley
Time, Mortality, Existence, Poetic Expression, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation
Aldous Huxley Time, Mortality, Existence, Poetic Expression, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation“Only times and places, only names and ghosts.” Aldous Huxley
Time, Place, Memory, Impermanence, Existence, Philosophical Reflection
Aldous Huxley Time, Place, Memory, Impermanence, Existence, Philosophical Reflection“The social body persists although the component cells may change.” Aldous Huxley
Society, Change, Persistence, Adaptation, Social Structure, Human Components
Aldous Huxley Society, Change, Persistence, Adaptation, Social Structure, Human Components