Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to acc…

Aldous Huxley
447 citations
Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1933). Texts & pretexts: an anthology with commentaries
Humor
9

More Author Quotes

The optimum population is modeled on the iceberg- eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above. ✨ Peter Edgerly Firchow, Aldous Huxley (1984). The end of Utopia: a study of Aldous Huxley's Brav … ▶
The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free.
That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively to that most blessed and blessing of all natural graces, sleep. ✨ Aldous Huxley (2002). Complete Essays: 1939-1956, Ivan R D … ▶
My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger. ✨ Aldous Huxley (2002). Complete … ▶
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. ✨ Proper Studies (1927) The Idea of Equality

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes