“A bad book is as much of a labour to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.”

— Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point, 1928

About Aldous Huxley

1894 – 1963

English writer, author of "Brave New World".

“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.”

“There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”

“What the cinema can do better than literature or the spoken drama is to be fantastic.”

“A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated — and turned out to grass.”

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”

“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

“The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day.”

“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty!”

“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”