Aldous Huxley Quotes on Life (12 Quotes)

At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself As an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction.

Most vices demand considerable self-sacrifices. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a vicious life is a life of uninterrupted pleasure. It is a life almost as wearisome and painful -- if strenuously led -- as Christian's in The Pilgrim's Progress.

But a priest's life is not supposed to be well-rounded it is supposed to be one-pointed -- a compass, not a weathercock.

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

In the world of ideas everything was clear in life all was obscure, embroiled.

Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.

Science and art are only too often a superior kind of dope, possessing this advantage over booze and morphia that they can be indulged in with a good conscience and with the conviction that, in the process of indulging, one is leading the ''higher life.''

The first questions to be asked and answered in every contingency of life being How will this thought or action contribute to, or interfere with, the achievements, by me and the greatest possible number of other individuals, of man's Final End.

A large city cannot be experientially known its life is too manifold for any individual to be able to participate in it.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. 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?

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.