“Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as it is for the body.”

— Aldous Huxley, "Wordsworth in the Tropics," Do What You Will, 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.”

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

“Remember that all is opinion.”

“By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.”

“Thought is all light, and publishes itself to the universe.”

“Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!”

“The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.”