― Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay On the causes of human misery: “At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice, and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.” On ordinary waking consciousness vs. Can an artist do anything if he’s happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?” 18 Rare Aldous Huxley Quotes On the purpose of suffering and of art: “Perhaps it’s good for one to suffer. Keep that image in mind while you savor these quotes-these dusty treasures plucked from the consciousness of one of the most renowned geniuses ever to exist on this planet. You can almost picture Huxley, cross-legged and sipping a cup of tea, regaling you with his profound ideas over a lovely luncheon. He’s one of those writers whose presence you can really feelin the sentences. His words contain a seemingly effortless eloquence. Later in life, Huxley became interested in psychedelic/entheogenic substances and mystical experiences, famously writing The Doors of Perceptionabout his experiences with mescaline.īeyond becoming one of the preeminent intellectuals of his time, Huxley also had a prodigious talent for writing.
Huxley is best-known for his novel Brave New World, in which he predicted the appearance of dictatorships which used soft forms of coercion such as drugs and entertainment to pacify the populace. “Then, suddenly, my consciousness was lighted up from within and I saw in a vivid way how the whole universe was made up of particles of material which, no matter how dull and lifeless they might seem, were nevertheless filled with this intense and vital beauty.”Īldous Huxley was one of the most iconic and prophetic thinkers of the 20st century.
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