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

— Aldous Huxley, Time Must Have a Stop (1944)

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.”

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

“The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

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“I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.”

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“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”